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Design for ceiling decoration with the Apotheosis of Hersilia

Maker

(artist)
1729-1804

Title

Design for ceiling decoration with the Apotheosis of Hersilia

Date of Production

(circa) 1782

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and grey ink, brown wash on laid paper, framed with grey ink lines in an oval; the hand at lower left replaced on a separate piece of torn paper adhered to the main sheet

Dimensions

Height: 54 cm
Width: 38.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1811

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

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Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: coat of arms containing three stars, topped with a crescent and crown (matches Heawood 824 - Venice 1784).

Inscription: Recto: lower margin, grey ink, artist's hand: "Lunghezza Piedi 13 1/2", "Piede [drawing of a scale] Veneto / L'Apoteosi d'Ersilia moglie di Romolo", "Larghezza Piedi 8c Onc. 9."; lower right corner, brown ink, signed: "Pietro Antonio Novelli". Verso: centre, graphite: “apotheosis of Ersilir [sic] wife of Romlus [sic]”; lower centre, written twice in graphite, circled: “60”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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