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), chalk (red), wash (brown), bodycolour (white) on brown laid paper, framed in an oval with brown ink
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2828
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
John Thane, London (1748-1818); by descent to his son, Thomas Thane, London (1782-1846); possibly Philippe Huart, Paris (d. ca. 1869); Foster (London), 20 January 1937, lot 25; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir James Thornhill, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 04/06/1958-10/07/1958
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Literature
Ananoff, Alexander, L'Opera completa di Boucher, Milano: Rizzoli 1980
Croft-Murray, Edward, Decorative painting in England, 1537-1837: Early Tudor to Sir James Thornhill, London, 1962; 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 78 ...Less
Croft-Murray, Edward, Decorative painting in England, 1537-1837: Early Tudor to Sir James Thornhill, London, 1962; 1
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 51 ...More
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 78 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Salon at Duke of Chandows [sic]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Thomas Thane (L.2461)
Collector's mark: unidentified collector's mark, possibly of Philippe Huart (L.2084)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Thane (L.1544)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Thomas Thane (L.2461)
Collector's mark: unidentified collector's mark, possibly of Philippe Huart (L.2084)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of John Thane (L.1544)
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