Entrance to the Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome
Maker
(artist)
1604-1682
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1675
1604-1682
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1675
Title
Entrance to the Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised and pink), on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2863
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
Thomas de Grey, Lord Lucas, Wrest Park (1781-1859); Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 and 13 - 14 July 1936, lot 425A; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Art of Claude Lorrain, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hayward Gallery, London, 27/09/1969-14/12/1969
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
The Art of Claude Lorrain, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1969
cat. no. 102
Roethlisberger, Marcel, 'Drawings around Claude, Part One: A Group of Sixty Grimaldesque Drawings' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1965; 3, 4
no. 12
as unknown artist in Circle of Grimaldi
Vasari Society, 1922; 2nd series, III
no. 16
ill.
as Dughet
cat. no. 102
Roethlisberger, Marcel, 'Drawings around Claude, Part One: A Group of Sixty Grimaldesque Drawings' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1965; 3, 4
no. 12
as unknown artist in Circle of Grimaldi
Vasari Society, 1922; 2nd series, III
no. 16
ill.
as Dughet
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, former attribution: "Gaspar Dughet".
Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, former attribution: "Gaspar Dughet".
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