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Belvedere Staircase, from Bramante's Scala di Chiocciola, in the Cortile di San Damaso, Vatican

Maker

(artist)
1609-1690

Title

Belvedere Staircase, from Bramante's Scala di Chiocciola, in the Cortile di San Damaso, Vatican

Date of Production

1636 - 1640

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown, blue-green and yellow wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 33.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3639

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

Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£14); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Literature

Turner, Jane Shoaf and Christopher White, Dutch and Flemish drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2014
pp. 424-425
Under no. 498

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 47
pp. 102, 184
ill. on p. 103

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 64 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: encircled fleur-de-lis with letters "G C" above (see tracing in file - no match in Heawood).

Inscription: Recto, within drawing: lower left, on door, brown ink, signed by the artist: "P. v. L"; lower left on wall, brown ink, artist’s hand: "dal vieño a Rom[...]"; centre on wall of staircase, brown ink, artist’s hand: "B / A //"; lower centre, on base of column, brown ink, artist’s hand: "C"; upper centre, on top of column, brown ink, artist’s hand: "D"; lower right corner, graphite: "6".

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