Design with the Barberini arms of Pope Urban VIII
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Design with the Barberini arms of Pope Urban VIII
Date of Production
(circa) 1630
Medium
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partly trimmed away, laid down on card
Dimensions
Height: 41.6 cm
Width: 29.4 cm
Width: 29.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1801
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
A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Support (only visible in raking light), Verso: centre: “D & C BLAUW”.
Inscription: Verso (card support): upper left, graphite: “cn”; upper left, graphite, crossed out in graphite: “do/£[…]6”; lower centre, graphite: “Ber / 44 //”; ink inscription along lower edge has been completely trimmed away.
Collector's mark: Verso (card support): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (card support): upper left, graphite: “cn”; upper left, graphite, crossed out in graphite: “do/£[…]6”; lower centre, graphite: “Ber / 44 //”; ink inscription along lower edge has been completely trimmed away.
Collector's mark: Verso (card support): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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