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Decorative motif of classical armour

Maker

After
(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

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.

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