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Design for wall or stairway decoration - Pan and Syrinx

Maker

(artist)
1675-1734

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1481-1536

Title

Design for wall or stairway decoration - Pan and Syrinx

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (grey and brown) on laid paper, laid down on a mount with gold and wash borders; both lower corners and left and right centre edges made up on the mount

Dimensions

Height: 25 cm
Width: 36.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1707

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

Jonathan Richardson, the younger, London (1694-1771); Williams & Sutch (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), before June 1933; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970

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. 6

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: large mark, perhaps a Britannia? Obscured by mount but could be better seen with VSC.

Inscription: Verso (hidden under mount, visible via transmitted light): in two areas at upper right, pen and ink: see photo.

Inscription: 20

Inscription: 1 2 4 5

Inscription: Pan and Syrinx

Inscription: 2667/No44

Inscription: Peruzzi, Baldassare / Sienna 1481+1537 / Painter + architect, pupil of Sodorna [?] + Pinturicchio. / with collectors mark_R / CM / z/-- //

Inscription: GBaldassare Peruzzi

Inscription: 5

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170)

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

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