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Stage design

Maker

(artist)
1696-1756

Title

Stage design

Medium

pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 16.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2197

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

E.R. Lamponi-Leopardi, Florence and Turin (second half of 19th century); his sale, Sambon (Milan), 10-19 November 1902, lot 410; Count Marchetti; Adelbert Cust, 5th Baron Brownlow (1867-1927); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 29 June 1926, lot 5 (as by Marchetti); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970 ...More

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less

Literature

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 51

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 44

Inscriptions

Inscription: A pezzo che corrisponde al ultimo / laterale / B orizonte traforato in cui / si vede linterno della sala / C. laterale col sofitto sopra //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of E.R. Lamponi-Leopardi (L.1760)?

Inscription: C B A

Inscription: Conde Marchetti

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