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Piazza del Popolo, Rome

Maker

(artist)
1714-1782

Title

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on blue (now faded and foxed) laid paper, framed in a circle by black chalk

Dimensions

Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 11.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2065

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

possibly Paul Sandby, London (1731-1809); Dr John Percy, London (1817-1889); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 15 - 24 April 1890, lot 1398 (with 2 others); purchased there by Dowdeswell (London); Henry Studdy Theobald, London (1847-1934); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 13 May 1925, lot 219; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Richard Wilson and John Constable, Oxford Arts Club, 26/10/1937-18/11/1937

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 58

Inscriptions

Watermark: lower centre: indistinct lines.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Dr John Percy (L.1504).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, blindstamped: P.S. Notes in our files have assumed it belongs to Paul Sandby, but Lugt doesn’t list it among the two of Sandby’s marks on its website; it doesn't match any other known marks on Lugt.

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