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View of the west porch of the church of San Zeno, Verona

Maker

(artist)
1783-1852

Title

View of the west porch of the church of San Zeno, Verona

Date of Production

(or 1827?) 1824

Medium

graphite with stumping on buff wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 36.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3278

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 Thomas Barlow, Manchester (1883-1964); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 May 1943, lot 41; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£8, along with D.1952.RW.3277); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Turner, Prout, Steer - Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute
Galleries
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1980

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977

British Artists in Mediterranean Lands, Lake District Festival, Kendal, 07/07/1960-23/07/1960

Literature

Turner Prout Steer Three Bequests to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1980
no. 7 (Prout)

English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 54

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: "1815"; right lower edge, cut off by edge: "[...]ITH" (perhaps of Pine, Smith and Allnutt?).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: the following on coloure notes within the drawing in graphite: on door behind women at lower centre: "gy", on wall at centre, graphite: "ydas / gn", on right column at centre: "aw", on right lion: "y", on right side of door: "cob[..?]", on left column: "y", on left side of door: "DK", on left lion: "rd"; lower right, graphite, location: "St. Zeno. / Verona".

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