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Design for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter

Maker

(artist)
1678-1736

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1598-1680

Title

Design for a tabernacle, with the Chair of Saint Peter

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown and grey) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 39.9 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

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 28

Inscriptions

Inscription: Gio Lorenzo Bernino

Inscription: 70.

Stamp: O. FALLANI / ROMA / VIA SISTINA 124 //

Inscription: 641 [?]

Inscription: 1666

Collector's mark: unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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