Scheme of fresco decoration of an altarpiece
Maker
(artist)
1510-1561
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
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.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner of altarpiece sheet, brown ink: “AC”.
Collector's mark: none.
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