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Interior of a church - architectural capriccio (?)

Maker

Giovanni Perego (artist)
1776-1817

Title

Interior of a church - architectural capriccio (?)

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on wove paper, with brown ink framing lines, executed using a ruler and compass; hinged at the upper edge to a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1875

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

John Annan Bryce (1874-1923); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: beneath the drawing, lower left, black ink: “L 260”; lower right, dark brown ink: “3101”. Outer Mount (removed, see photos), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Giovanni Perego / 1783-1817”.

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

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