Architectural capriccio - interior of a colonnaded hall (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1720-1778
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
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
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.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
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