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Design for sculpted altar in a church

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Design for sculpted altar in a church

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey, yellow and black wash on laid paper, executed using a compass and ruler, hinged at the left edge to a support

Dimensions

Height: 35.7 cm
Width: 27.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3983

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

Emmanuel Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (1847-around 1919), L.421; Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1, as French School); 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. 32

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge: “C&IHONIG”; Countermark: lower centre edge, fragment: fleur-de-lis (not found in Heawood).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Emmanuel Alfred Beurdeley (L.421). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “Ecole Allde 18me _ Project / d’auteil en bois sculpte //”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “1 fo”; lower centre edge, graphite: “files”. Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: “xn”; lower right corner, graphite, different hands: “#9”, “1.25-” and “Plain / Open //”.

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