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Design with the Barberini arms of Pope Urban VIII

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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