Three figure studies (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1720-1778
1720-1778
Title
Three figure studies (recto)
Date of Production
1745 - 1765
Medium
red chalk (recto), graphite (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Width: 9.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3961
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
Dr Edmund Schilling (1888-1974); acquired from him in an exchange by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre edge: top of a circle topped by a large cross with each arm ending in a fleur-de-lis (no matches in Heawood or Churchill).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “52a”; lower centre edge, graphite: “Piranesi”. Mount (removed, recorded in Museum Plus), Recto: ink: “G.B. Piranesi”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “52a”; lower centre edge, graphite: “Piranesi”. Mount (removed, recorded in Museum Plus), Recto: ink: “G.B. Piranesi”.
Collector's mark: none.
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