Architectural capriccio - imaginary palace built on a bridge (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1720-1778
1720-1778
Title
Architectural capriccio - imaginary palace built on a bridge (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1745 - 1749
Medium
pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 8.7 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2120
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), n.d., with D.1952.RW.2119; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Literature
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 56
cat. no. 56
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, partly erased: “Piranesi/ 1[…]26/ / /2”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, partly erased: “Piranesi/ 1[…]26/ / /2”.
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