Design for a triumphal arch
Maker
(artist)
1481-1536
Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Battista Mola (artist)
1588-1665
1481-1536
Formerly attributed to
Giovanni Battista Mola (artist)
1588-1665
Title
Design for a triumphal arch
Medium
red chalk and traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, blue (chalk?) wash on laid paper, with the upper and right sides made up, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 42.7 cm
Width: 28.1 cm
Width: 28.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2849
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
William Sharp, Manchester (possibly 1795-1881), L.2650; possibly his sale, Sotheby's (London), 3-14 March 1878, lot 638 (as by Mola, 'The Gate of Fort Arban'); if so, purchased there by Oliver; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 19 February 1936, lot 47; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) (£1.25); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 30 September 1937 (£5, in part exchange for another drawing); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Gloria dell'Arte, Philbrook Art Centre, Tulsa, 28/10/1979-27/01/1980
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...Less
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...Less
Literature
Gloria dell'Arte, Philbrook Art Centre, Tulsa, 1979 / 1980
cat. no. 68
ill.
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 2
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 22
cat. no. 68
ill.
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 2
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 22
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing a crossbow (close to Briquet 749, dated 1548).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, artist’s hand, measurements: red chalk, upper left: “p16”; the rest all in brown ink: on top of arch: “p2”; centre of arch: “p11”; right centre edge: “p 22 ½”; on inner right side of arch: “p2”, “p4”, “p17”, “p29”, “p22” [this crossed out], “p1”; on column at right: “p x”; “p6”; “p1”; lower centre: “p20”, “p20” and “p10”. Verso (hidden under Japanese tissue): upper centre, brown ink: “archi triomphalj”; upper right, brown ink, initials written as a cipher and hard to read: “JA…y”[? not found on Lugt, see photo]; centre, graphite?, underlined: “n/” or “w/”; centre, brown ink: “S.” or “8.” or "d." above a drawing of small 3-pointed crown [not found on Lugt, see photo]; lower left, brown ink, L.2650: “W.S”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, written in brown: William Sharp (L.2650).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, artist’s hand, measurements: red chalk, upper left: “p16”; the rest all in brown ink: on top of arch: “p2”; centre of arch: “p11”; right centre edge: “p 22 ½”; on inner right side of arch: “p2”, “p4”, “p17”, “p29”, “p22” [this crossed out], “p1”; on column at right: “p x”; “p6”; “p1”; lower centre: “p20”, “p20” and “p10”. Verso (hidden under Japanese tissue): upper centre, brown ink: “archi triomphalj”; upper right, brown ink, initials written as a cipher and hard to read: “JA…y”[? not found on Lugt, see photo]; centre, graphite?, underlined: “n/” or “w/”; centre, brown ink: “S.” or “8.” or "d." above a drawing of small 3-pointed crown [not found on Lugt, see photo]; lower left, brown ink, L.2650: “W.S”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, written in brown: William Sharp (L.2650).
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