Design for ceiling decoration - gathering of the gods
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Design for ceiling decoration - gathering of the gods
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2556
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
Max Rosenheim, Hampstead (1849-1911); by descent to his brother, Maurice Rosenheim, Hampstead (1852-1922); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 2 May 1923, lot 138 (as 'Psyche before Jupiter'); E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51
p. 51
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, letters formed of double lines: "A[?] V" (no clear match in Heawood).
Inscription: Sketch by Sr. James Thornhill
Inscription: cel + w
Inscription: E 699
Inscription: 21
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Sketch by Sr. James Thornhill
Inscription: cel + w
Inscription: E 699
Inscription: 21
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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