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Detail of a decorated ceiling

Maker

(artist)
1677-1726

Title

Detail of a decorated ceiling

Date of Production

1677 - 1726

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 8.8 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3482.1

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

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Provenance

John Talman (1677-1726), L.2462 (lower centre); an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 109 (with 5 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £26 (along with D.1952.RW.3480, 3481.1-.2 and D.1952.RW.3482.2-.3); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 49

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in gold: John Talman (L.2462).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: “8 / 8”. Verso: lower centre, graphite: “9”. Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: “John Talman (son of William T.) / 1677-1726”.

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