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Design for a ceiling decoration with Saint Cecilia in Glory

Maker

(artist)
1611-1690

Title

Design for a ceiling decoration with Saint Cecilia in Glory

Medium

red chalk, red wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, cut into an oval and laid down on a historic mount (Richardson's or Somers's?)

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 37.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2

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

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364; Jonathan Richardson, the elder, L.2995 and L.2992; R.E.A. Wilson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1935 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938

Literature

Sotheby's (London), Drawings by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 3 Jul. 1980
Introduction (unpag.) and p. 18 under lot 16
ill.

Thiem, Christel, Florentiner Zeichnung des Frühbarock, Munich 1977
no. 214
ill. p. 214

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938
cat. no. 442
Photocopy in file.

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: two letters (? unable to discern through mount).

Inscription: Baldassar Franceschini, detto il Volterrano. / [line below in graphite erased]

Inscription: [written copy of collector's mark L.2364] Sir Joshua Reynolds

Inscription: Questo e Originale di Baldassar Franceschini da Volterra, detto il Volterrano, ed e suo Primo Pensieri per il Depinto a Fresco / da quest' gran Huomo, que si vede nella Capella di Santa Cecilia nella Chiese della S. Sma. Nonziatta di Firenza, encontro / alla Sagristia; Queste e una delle Opere del Miglior Gusto di quel' Valentuomo, gran Ammiratore del Coreggio.

Inscription: 1

Collector's mark: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364)

Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Collector's mark: Mount (Richardson's): Recto, lower centre, red ink and Verso, centre, brown ink: Jonathan Richardson the elder (L.2995 and L.2992).

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