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Procession passing the Doge's Palace in Venice

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1721-1780

Title

Procession passing the Doge's Palace in Venice

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, pen and light brown and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, the building and chariot cut out along their outlines, with the canopy and rear ornamentation of the chariot filled in on a separate piece of paper, all enclosed in brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3622

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

Beaux Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned coat-of-arms containing three stars (Heawood 824 – Venice 1784).

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

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: “1215/15”; centre, graphite: “B. Bellotto; lower right corner, graphite: “#2”.

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