Piazza dei Mercanti, Milan
Maker
(artist)
1761-1823
1761-1823
Title
Piazza dei Mercanti, Milan
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink and grey wash on laid paper, framed in grey ink and executed using a ruler and compass, as attested to by numerous pinpricks in the sheet
Dimensions
Height: 31.8 cm
Width: 42.6 cm
Width: 42.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3529
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
Wheeler (London); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 13 March 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 20 March 1944 (£4, as a view in Milan); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: "J HONIG / & / ZOONEN" (same as but much larger than Heawood 3344 - Berne 1787).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "Galliari Gasparo fec". Verso: lower right, graphite, erased and encircled: “4719[?]”; lower right corner, brown ink: “Lot 22”; lower right corner, graphite: “5”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "Galliari Gasparo fec". Verso: lower right, graphite, erased and encircled: “4719[?]”; lower right corner, brown ink: “Lot 22”; lower right corner, graphite: “5”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________