Design for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter
Maker
(artist)
1678-1736
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1598-1680
1678-1736
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1598-1680
Title
Design for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 39.9 cm
Width: 27.7 cm
Width: 27.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1666
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
unidentified collector (not on Lugt, blindstamped on recto); O. Fallani (Rome) [stamp on verso]; Sotheby's (London), 24 - 25 July 1923, lot 171 (as Bernini with 5 other sheets); purchased there (with D.1952.RW.1667) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...Less
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...Less
Literature
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 28
cat. no. 28
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left, pen and brown ink: 70..
Inscription: Recto: lower right, pen and light brown ink: Gio Lorenzo Bernino.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, erased and therefore hard to read: 641[?].
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: 1666.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, blindstamped: unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Stamp: Verso: centre, purple ink: O. FALLANI / ROMA / VIA SISTINA 124 .
Inscription: Recto: upper left, pen and brown ink: 70..
Inscription: Recto: lower right, pen and light brown ink: Gio Lorenzo Bernino.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, erased and therefore hard to read: 641[?].
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: 1666.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, blindstamped: unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Stamp: Verso: centre, purple ink: O. FALLANI / ROMA / VIA SISTINA 124 .
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