Design for wall or stairway decoration - Pan and Syrinx
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1481-1536
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
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
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
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)
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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