Decorative motif of classical armour
Maker
After
(artist)
1499-1543
(artist)
1499-1543
Title
Decorative motif of classical armour
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on grey laid paper, with some red chalk offset on verso
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 30.4 cm
Width: 30.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3473.1
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
an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 81 (with 3 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, red chalk: “polidoro”; lower right edge, black ink: “polidor” [an “o” added at the end in graphite]. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Polidoro”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, red chalk: “polidoro”; lower right edge, black ink: “polidor” [an “o” added at the end in graphite]. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “Polidoro”.
Collector's mark: none.
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