Interior of domed building - capriccio
Maker
(artist)
1657-1743
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
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
catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1924
Literature
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 61
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).
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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