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Architectural capriccio - interior of a colonnaded hall (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1720-1778

Title

Architectural capriccio - interior of a colonnaded hall (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1745 - 1749

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), black chalk (verso) on laid paper (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 9.4 cm
Width: 12.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2119

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

Paul Cassirer (Amsterdam); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d., with D.1952.RW.2120; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

G.B. Piranesi, 1720-1778, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1970

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle, unable to see what it contains

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

Inscription: none.

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