Design for ceiling decoration - Venus petitions Jupiter for Aeneas' deification
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Design for ceiling decoration - Venus petitions Jupiter for Aeneas' deification
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 21.8 cm
Width: 13.4 cm
Width: 13.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2237
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, 2230, 2231, 2233, 2243, 2245, 2246, 2248, 2250); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51
p. 51
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left lower edge and along lower edge, fragment: tips of letters or lines can just be seen.
Inscription: Venus petitions Jupiter for AEneas's Deification.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Venus petitions Jupiter for AEneas's Deification.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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