Circus of Maxentius at sunset
Maker
(artist)
1714-1782
1714-1782
Title
Circus of Maxentius at sunset
Medium
black chalk with added wash on blue laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 41.2 cm
Width: 41.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2036
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004
Drawings in Print, Courtauld Gallery, Woburn Square, London, 12/02/1983-12/06/1983
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979 ...More
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Exhibition of pictures by Richard Wilson and his circle, Tate Gallery, London, 1949
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Birmingham, 1939
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 15/12/1935-02/03/1936
Richard Wilson loan exhibition, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 22/10/1925-05/12/1925 ...Less
Drawings in Print, Courtauld Gallery, Woburn Square, London, 12/02/1983-12/06/1983
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979 ...More
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, American Federation of the Arts, Washington, D.C. and nine cities in the USA, 1951
Exhibition of pictures by Richard Wilson and his circle, Tate Gallery, London, 1949
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949 - 1950
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Birmingham, 1939
Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 15/12/1935-02/03/1936
Richard Wilson loan exhibition, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 22/10/1925-05/12/1925 ...Less
Literature
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 7
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 3
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 5 ...More
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 15
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 58
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 61
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 1935-1936 ...Less
cat. no. 7
Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 3
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 5 ...More
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 15
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 58
Some British Drawings on loan to the National Gallery of Canada from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1949-50
no. 61
Desenul şi gravura englezá, secole le XVIII-XX. Expoziţie de desen, acuaretà, pastel şi gravurǎ subtoate formele / Ausstellung von Britischen Aquarellen Zeichnungen, Muzeul Roma Stelian, Bucharest; Prague; Vienna, 1935-1936 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: RW SHI [?]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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