View of Saint Peter's, Vatican
Maker
(artist)
1745-1812
1745-1812
Title
View of Saint Peter's, Vatican
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, touches of white bodycolour on laid paper, inlaid into an historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 33.6 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1643
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (1875-1941), L.2602d; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 July 1923, lot 15; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Literature
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 40
cat. no. 40
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre margin, brown ink: Veduta interna della Navata piccola della Chiesa di S. Pietro in Vaticano.
Inscription: Mount (hisotirc), Recto: lower left, red-brown ink: No 624.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: left lower edge, brown ink, cut off by edge: [...]sco Panini fecit.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite, mostly erased: C[...].
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, Witt number: 1643.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d).
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: Recto (only visible in raking light due to mount): left of centre: Strasburg lily.
Inscription: Outer Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: F. Pannini.
Inscription: Mount (hisotirc), Recto: lower left, red-brown ink: No 624.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: left lower edge, brown ink, cut off by edge: [...]sco Panini fecit.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite, mostly erased: C[...].
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, Witt number: 1643.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d).
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Watermark: Recto (only visible in raking light due to mount): left of centre: Strasburg lily.
Inscription: Outer Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: F. Pannini.
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