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Pantheon in an imaginary architectural setting (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1720-1778

Title

Pantheon in an imaginary architectural setting (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1745 - 1749

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), graphite (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 12 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3341

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

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 19 October 1943, for £8 (as by 'Italian School, 18th century'); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Scenes and Stages - Creating Architectural Illusion, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-27/07/2008

The Primacy of Drawing, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 21/09/1991-03/11/1991; City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent, 09/11/1991-05/01/1992; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 11/01/1992-23/02/1992

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

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 60

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper right corner, graphite, unable to read: “T[…] Orso [?]”; lower centre edge, graphite, upside down: “Piranesi”.

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

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