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Design for wall decoration - Clelia flies from Porsenna's camp to save her country

Maker

(artist)
1675-1734

Title

Design for wall decoration - Clelia flies from Porsenna's camp to save her country

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 15.7 cm
Width: 34.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2230

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

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, 2227, 2228, 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

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972

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 ...Less

Literature

English Baroque sketches: the painter interior in the age of Thornhill, Marble Hill House, Twickenham, 1974
cat. no. 56
ill.

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 2

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51

Inscriptions

Inscription: Clelia flys from Porsennas camp to save her country. / val: Max. p. 105. //

Inscription: 8--3 only + only [?]

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

Inscription: [...]RY (Villedary?)

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