Design for wall decoration - Clelia flies from Porsenna's camp to save her country
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
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
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
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
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?)
Inscription: 8--3 only + only [?]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: [...]RY (Villedary?)
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