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Scheme of fresco decoration of an altarpiece

Maker

(artist)
1510-1561

Title

Scheme of fresco decoration of an altarpiece

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler, now laid down on modern backing paper; the central altarpiece executed by a different hand in pen and brown ink and brown wash on a separate piece of laid paper, with brown ink framing lines that have been trimmed away, adhered to the centre of the main drawing sheet

Dimensions

Height: 45.8 cm
Width: 36.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2762

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

Puttick & Simpson (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crossed arrows with a star above (of type Briquet 6289-6300, dated 1509-1556, but no exact match).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner of altarpiece sheet, brown ink: “AC”.

Collector's mark: none.

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