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Apollo and Marsyas in a landscape among ancient ruins

Maker

(artist)
1691-1765

Title

Apollo and Marsyas in a landscape among ancient ruins

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and brown ink, blue-grey wash on brown laid paper; horizontal and vertical folds attest to the paper having been folded into quarters

Dimensions

Height: 18.8 cm
Width: 25.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1676

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

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Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.5); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: within drawing, left lower edge, brown ink: Gio Paolo Panini.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: Pannini.

Inscription: Verso: right of centre, graphite: 47.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Witt mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: Giovanni Paolo Pannini / Italian 1691-1764/8.

Watermark: upper centre edge: fragment of a circle topped by a small letter "V" (could be Heawood 1591 or 1592 - Venice 1690 and Rome 1739 respectively.

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