Design for a mural painting: Mercury, with Venus and Cupid, seated on clouds (recto)
Sketches of Leda and the swan and cornices (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1663-1721
1663-1721
Title
Design for a mural painting: Mercury, with Venus and Cupid, seated on clouds (recto)
Sketches of Leda and the swan and cornices (verso)
Sketches of Leda and the swan and cornices (verso)
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 7.8 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3107.5
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
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), by June 1936; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto: upper right corner, fragment: edge of a circle.
Inscription: Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file for D.1952.RW.3071.1 and partially visible in photograph in file for 3107.5), graphite: “Designs by Legard for ornaments at Chatsworth” and “Loui[…]”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file for D.1952.RW.3071.1 and partially visible in photograph in file for 3107.5), graphite: “Designs by Legard for ornaments at Chatsworth” and “Loui[…]”.
Collector's mark: none.
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