Design for ceiling decoration
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Design for ceiling decoration
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (grey-brown) on brown laid paper, the central image framed in a circle with brown ink
Dimensions
Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Width: 26.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2248
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, 2237, 2243, 2245, 2246, 2250); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...More
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958
La peinture anglaise XVIIIe e XIXe siecles, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1938
Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927 ...Less
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...More
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958
La peinture anglaise XVIIIe e XIXe siecles, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1938
Meisterwerke englischer Malerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Vienna, 1927 ...Less
Literature
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51
cat. no. 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51
Inscriptions
Inscription: Glory & Eternal Felicity waiting to Crown / the Heroick Vertues. //
Inscription: Prudence.
Inscription: Temperance
Inscription: Justice
Inscription: Fortitude
Inscription: 5 10 15 20 ft.
Inscription: No 6 [? can only see tip of number]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Prudence.
Inscription: Temperance
Inscription: Justice
Inscription: Fortitude
Inscription: 5 10 15 20 ft.
Inscription: No 6 [? can only see tip of number]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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