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Arch of the bridge 'alle Grazie' in Florence

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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".

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