View of Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati
Maker
(artist)
1621-1691
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
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
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
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).
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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