Design for an ornamental carriage

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Maker

(artist)
1634-1689

Title

Design for an ornamental carriage

Medium

graphite, pen and ink (brown), watercolour on laid paper, hinged at the upper edge to a historic paper support

Dimensions

Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 19.2 cm

Object Number

D.1952.RW.3306

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: possibly at Recto, left centre edge, but unclear and cut off.

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Ciro Ferri / Italian 1634-1687 //

Provenance

Heinrich Eisemann (Frankfurt am Main and London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Merz, Jörg, Pietro da Cortona und sein Kreis. Die Zeichnungen in Dusseldorf, Munich and Berlin 2005
p. 475, n. 171

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