Tomb of Theodoric at Ravenna
Maker
(artist)
1720-1778
1720-1778
Title
Tomb of Theodoric at Ravenna
Date of Production
1740 - 1755
Medium
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 11.2 cm
Width: 16.9 cm
Width: 16.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3877
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
royal tombs
Provenance
Dr Sydney H. Nicholson, Chislehurst, Kent (1875-1947); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 5 May 1937, lot 4 (along with D.1952.RW.2726); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 February 1947, for £5; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Disegni di Giambattista Piranesi, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 01/09/1978-05/11/1978
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971 ...More
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971 ...More
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Literature
Disegni di Giambattista Piranesi, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 1978
no. 1
pl. 1
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 57
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 87 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 39
no. 39
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 43
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 13
Thomas, Hylton, The drawings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, London and New York 1954
p. 35
John Marciari, Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Morgan Library and Museum, Paul Hoberton Publshing, 2023
pp. 27-28 p. 47 p. 222 ...Less
no. 1
pl. 1
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 57
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 87 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 39
no. 39
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 43
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 13
Thomas, Hylton, The drawings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, London and New York 1954
p. 35
John Marciari, Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Morgan Library and Museum, Paul Hoberton Publshing, 2023
pp. 27-28 p. 47 p. 222 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink (above is evidence of another inscription that has been trimmed away), probably artist’s hand: “Tempio di Ravenna”; lower left corner, brown ink: “Piranesi”. Mount (removed, recorded in Museum Plus), Verso: ink: “Piranesi”.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, recorded in Museum Plus), Recto: stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre edge, brown ink (above is evidence of another inscription that has been trimmed away), probably artist’s hand: “Tempio di Ravenna”; lower left corner, brown ink: “Piranesi”. Mount (removed, recorded in Museum Plus), Verso: ink: “Piranesi”.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, recorded in Museum Plus), Recto: stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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