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Design for illusionistic ceiling decoration

Maker

Nicholas Thomas Dall (artist)
1748-1776

Title

Design for illusionistic ceiling decoration

Date of Production

(or 1761?) 1764

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and grey-brown ink, brown wash and watercolour on laid paper, framed in black ink lines and brown wash; executed using a ruler and compass (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 21.8 cm
Width: 44.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3947

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

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Provenance

James Falcke (London, dealer active 1910-1951); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 26 August 1947; gifted to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, September 1947; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 7

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 16

Croft-Murray, Edward, John Devoto: a Baroque scene painter, London 1953
p. 8

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: "VI".

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, signed and dated, accompanied by a scale: "N:J: Dall 1764" [could be 1761]. Verso: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A. 14702".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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