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View of Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati

Maker

(artist)
1621-1691

Title

View of Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, grey, blue and brown-yellow wash, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 33.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3762

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

Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 8th Earl of Abingdon (1887-1963); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 17 July 1935, lot 5 (with D.1952.RW.2851 and 3207); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952),L.2228b, 16 May 1944 (£5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

French paintings and drawings of the 17th century, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1971

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970

Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 01/06/1955-16/07/1955 ...More

Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950

Drawings of Rome and Italy in the XVIIth century by Israel Silvestre, Colnaghi, London, 1935 ...Less

Literature

Drawings of Rome and Italy in the XVIIth century by Israel Silvestre, Colnaghi, London, 1935, 1935
no. 11

Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 1955
cat. no. 72

French paintings and drawings of the 17th century, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1971
cat. no. 26

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: a crown? Unclear, though no similar crown found in Heawood.

Inscription: Mount (removed, now kept in portfolio in P&D), Recto: lower left, graphite: now erased and illegible, could start with “Silvestre”; lower right edge, graphite; “A [this erased] / S 41620”. Mount (removed, now kept in portfolio in P&D), Verso: “Vigne Aldobrandine à Frascati du côte de lintree[sic]”

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, now kept in portfolio in P&D): lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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