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Architectural capriccio - imaginary palace built on a bridge (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 56

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, partly erased: “Piranesi/ 1[…]26/ / /2”.

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