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Set design with an imaginary italianate coast scene

Maker

John Devoto (artist)
1708-1752

Title

Date of Production

1708 - 1752

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash and watercolour on laid paper, executed using a ruler

Dimensions

Height: 19 cm
Width: 14.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3296

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

Label Text

This is a design for a painting to decorate the wall of a room; Devoto worked both as a painter of stage scenery and as a decorative painter in private houses. A finished drawing with a Latin signature, it would appear to have been made for presentation to a patron, either as a plan of a future project, or a record of a finished one.

Provenance

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Edith?); acquired from her in an exchange by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, possibly in 1943 (according to note in file, but no evidence given); Witt Bequest 1952 See Long Description.

Exhibition History

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

Cowdray Club, London, 1955

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 4

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17

Croft-Murray, Edward, John Devoto: a Baroque scene painter, London 1953
p. 7

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed: “J. Devoto, inv.”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, circled: “16”.

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

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