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View of Villa Giulia, Rome

Maker

(artist)
1621-1691

Title

View of Villa Giulia, Rome

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey-blue and yellow-brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 38 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2851

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

Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 8th Earl of Abingdon (1887-1963); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 17 July 1935, lot 5 (with D.1952.RW.3207 and 3762); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 21 September 1936 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

French paintings and drawings of the 17th century, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1971

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...More

Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

French Art 1600-1800, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 25/10/1938-10/12/1938

Drawings of Rome and Italy in the XVIIth century by Israel Silvestre, Colnaghi, London, 1935 ...Less

Literature

French paintings and drawings of the 17th century, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1971
cat. no. 30

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 34

Drawings of Rome and Italy in the XVIIth century by Israel Silvestre, Colnaghi, London, 1935, 1935
no. 1

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: unclear shape, unable to identify.

Inscription: Mount (removed, now kept in portfolio in P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite: “etched”; lower left, graphite: “x” with the left leg a check mark; beside that, graphite, now erased, Colnaghi price: “/cx/-”; lower left corner, graphite, erased: “Text [?]”; lower right corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 7741”. Mount (removed, now kept separately), Verso: “Vigne du Pape Jules en dedans de la cour hors la porte du peuple à Rome”.

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, now kept in portfolio in P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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