Two designs for ceiling decoration
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Two designs for ceiling decoration
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, hinged at the upper edge to a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 35.6 cm
Width: 35.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3982
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
Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (b. 1853), L.897; Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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. 29
cat. no. 29
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: Arms of Amsterdam above cursive “AJ” (larger variant of Heawood 391 - Holland 1689).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Eugène Rodrigues (L.897). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, grey ink: a scale, numbered from “0” to “10”; lower right corner, graphite: “30”. Verso: centre, graphite: “38”. Mount (historic), Recto: centre (hidden under drawing), graphite: “38”; lower centre edge, graphite: “L99”; lower right corner, graphite: “#11 Opnmt 300-”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Eugène Rodrigues (L.897). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, grey ink: a scale, numbered from “0” to “10”; lower right corner, graphite: “30”. Verso: centre, graphite: “38”. Mount (historic), Recto: centre (hidden under drawing), graphite: “38”; lower centre edge, graphite: “L99”; lower right corner, graphite: “#11 Opnmt 300-”.
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