Apollo and Marsyas in a landscape among ancient ruins
Maker
(artist)
1691-1765
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
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
Keywords
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.
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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