View of the Palatine Hill with the Arch of Constantine
Maker
(artist)
1621-1691
1621-1691
Title
View of the Palatine Hill with the Arch of Constantine
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 48.6 cm
Width: 48.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3207
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.2851 and 3762); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 7 January 1943 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950
Drawings of Rome and Italy in the XVIIth century by Israel Silvestre, Colnaghi, London, 1935
Drawings of Rome and Italy in the XVIIth century by Israel Silvestre, Colnaghi, London, 1935
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Backing sheet: centre: a cross above large letters "I H S" (no exact match found in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "Veuë du Mont Palatin à Rome". Mount (removed): Recto: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 7735”; lower left, graphite: “x” [with the left leg turned into a check mark]
Collector's mark: Mount (removed): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite: "Veuë du Mont Palatin à Rome". Mount (removed): Recto: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 7735”; lower left, graphite: “x” [with the left leg turned into a check mark]
Collector's mark: Mount (removed): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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