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Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London

Maker

(artist)
1675-1734

Title

Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London

Date of Production

(circa) 1715 - 1721

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (grey) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2227

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






Related Works

Shipwreck of Saint Paul (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London) Preaching of Saint Paul at Athens (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London) Figure studies, including Josiah (?) (for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London?) Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto) Shipwreck of Saint Paul (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London) Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto) Design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London (recto) Preaching of Saint Paul at Athens (design for the decoration of the dome of Saint Paul's, London)

Provenance

Mrs. Esdaile; acquired from her by B.T. Batsford (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), before November 1926 (along with D.1952.RW.2223, 2225, 2228, 2230, 2231, 2233, 2237, 2243, 2245, 2246, 2248, 2250); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

English Baroque sketches: the painter interior in the age of Thornhill, Marble Hill House, Twickenham, 01/05/1974-07/07/1974

An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958

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

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Caricatures et Moeurs Anglaises, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris and Bordeaux, 1938

Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927 ...Less

Literature

English Baroque sketches: the painter interior in the age of Thornhill, Marble Hill House, Twickenham, 1974
cat. no. 34

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 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. 39

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge, fragment: upper half of a Strasburg lily.

Inscription: Thornhill

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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