Arch of the bridge 'alle Grazie' in Florence
Maker
(artist)
1765-1822
1765-1822
Title
Arch of the bridge 'alle Grazie' in Florence
Date of Production
(September) 1820
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3966
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
Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe; given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36
p. 36
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "8"; upper right (on walls), graphite: "14 / 13 / .4"; lower centre edge, black ink, described and dated: "un arco del Ponte alle Grazie della Citta di Firenze e porzione di detto Paese prezo Sotto L'Arco Medesimo Settembre 1820.". Support (removed but retained on same mount as drawing), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Nattes"; repeated twice on recto lower right corner and verso lower right corner, graphite: "#6". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "John Claude Nattes / c. 1765 - 1822 / Florence / Dated. Sept. 1820".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "8"; upper right (on walls), graphite: "14 / 13 / .4"; lower centre edge, black ink, described and dated: "un arco del Ponte alle Grazie della Citta di Firenze e porzione di detto Paese prezo Sotto L'Arco Medesimo Settembre 1820.". Support (removed but retained on same mount as drawing), Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Nattes"; repeated twice on recto lower right corner and verso lower right corner, graphite: "#6". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "John Claude Nattes / c. 1765 - 1822 / Florence / Dated. Sept. 1820".
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