Design for a column and a base
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1600-1699
Title
Design for a column and a base
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
blind stylus, pen and brown ink on laid paper, executed using a compass and ruler, laid down on a page from an album, along with D.1952.RW.3719.1
Dimensions
Height: 16.9 cm
Width: 8.7 cm
Width: 8.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3719.2
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
Label Text
This design drawing, now heavily water-stained, provides detailed measurements for a column and its base. This drawing was mounted together with another design for a sculpture altarpiece (D.1952.RW.3719.1) by an early collector. Both of the designs reflect the influence of classical architecture on German artists of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, either experienced first-hand or through illustrated treatises.
Provenance
Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); acquired from him (in exchange for Witt's drawing no. 2415) by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Special Display - German drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 21/06/2007-23/09/2007
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto, within the drawing, brown ink: entire drawing numbered in various sequences from “1” to “8”; right centre, in red chalk and again in graphite: “x”; lower right, graphite: “7”. Support (page from an album), Recto: upper right, brown ink: “4”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “3719”.
Collector's mark: Support (page from an album), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto, within the drawing, brown ink: entire drawing numbered in various sequences from “1” to “8”; right centre, in red chalk and again in graphite: “x”; lower right, graphite: “7”. Support (page from an album), Recto: upper right, brown ink: “4”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “3719”.
Collector's mark: Support (page from an album), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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