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Trompe l'oeil vaulted ceiling of Church of Saints Flora and Lucilla in Arezzo

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1642-1709

Title

Trompe l'oeil vaulted ceiling of Church of Saints Flora and Lucilla in Arezzo

Medium

pen and brown ink, watercolour, white bodycolour, compass and stylus, on laid paper, squared in red chalk, cut into a circle and laid down on a historic support, with a historic mount border

Dimensions

Height: 22.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3985

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


illusionism

illusion

Provenance

Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Scenes and Stages - Creating Architectural Illusion, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-27/07/2008

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970 ...More

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961 ...Less

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 9

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: within drawing, red chalk: grid is numbered from 1 to 8 twice, with 1 at the centre of the drawing and the numbers both ascending above and descending below Verso: left of centre, graphite, upside down: “No 12 / [monogram? unclear] //”; upper right, graphite: “x 1343”; lower right, graphite, underlined: “2-109”. Mount border (historic), Recto: left centre edge, graphite: “v&T”; left lower edge, graphite: “Opmt #6 / B. Bev 350- //”.

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