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Interior of domed building - capriccio

Maker

(artist)
1657-1743

Title

Interior of domed building - capriccio

Date of Production

1657 - 1743

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash (stains? though are under the pen lines) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 14.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.238

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

F.B. Neumayer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.15); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1924

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 61

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: part of a coat of arms? Unable to see clearly due to backing sheet.

Inscription: Verso: across whole sheet, brown ink, evident via transmitted light but currently obscured by the backing sheet: numbers - sums/calculations and some geometric sketches

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre, graphite: Bibiena.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, circled: 2067.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet), lower right, graphite: 1212 £6-10[this price crossed out] / $0 .

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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