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Design for ceiling decoration - gathering of the gods

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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

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)

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