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Market square in Florence, with figures

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1604-1657

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1610-1664

Title

Market square in Florence, with figures

Date of Production

1620 - 1621

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, stained with green and brown washes, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 12.2 cm
Width: 24.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2701

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

Count Francesco Seratti, Florence (d. 1811); his sale, Stewart (London), 12 December 1816; Has. (as per the Witt card); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Literature

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 64

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Verso (backing sheet), lower centre: “J BROWN / 181[3?]”.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper centre edge, graphite, underlined, cut off by mount: “15”; centre, graphite, large: “308”. Support (removed, cut down and now in file): brown ink: “Stef:o della Bella, d:lla Raccolta di Seratti”; graphite: “Witt 2701 Backing: Watermark J BROWN / 181? //”; graphite: “6-107-4”.

Collector's mark: none.

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