Palatine Hill, with the Temple of Venus and the Septizodium of Septimius Severus
Maker
Giovanni Battista Pittoni, the elder (artist)
1520-1583
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1515-1573
1520-1583
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1515-1573
Title
Palatine Hill, with the Temple of Venus and the Septizodium of Septimius Severus
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 19.6 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3998
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
Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris (1680-1765); possibly his estate sale, P. Rémy (Paris), 18 - 28 January 1779, part of lot 178; Dr Alfred Scharf, London; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Disegni Veronesi del Cinquecento, Centro di Cultura e Civilta, Verona, 1971 (July)
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Literature
Jenkins, Catherine, Nadine M. Orenstein and Freyda Spira (eds.), The Renaissance of etching, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2019
pp. 196-97
Disegni Veronesi del Cinquecento, Centro di Cultura e Civilita, Verona, 1971
no. 21
ill.
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 63
pp. 196-97
Disegni Veronesi del Cinquecento, Centro di Cultura e Civilita, Verona, 1971
no. 21
ill.
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 63
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check drawing due to mount. Mount (historic), Verso: left centre: coat of arms? Something containing a crown. Right centre: countermark: “C D” or “G D”.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, abraded and hard to read: “G.B” [?]; upper left, graphite, underlined: “5”; upper left, red chalk, underlined: “1122”; centre, graphite: “Settizonio di Severo, Palatino / a Roma / de’truit”; lower centre, dark brown ink: “Batista del Moro.”; lower centre, graphite, hard to read: “A/6”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (L.2951), with inventory number “774”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, abraded and hard to read: “G.B” [?]; upper left, graphite, underlined: “5”; upper left, red chalk, underlined: “1122”; centre, graphite: “Settizonio di Severo, Palatino / a Roma / de’truit”; lower centre, dark brown ink: “Batista del Moro.”; lower centre, graphite, hard to read: “A/6”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (L.2951), with inventory number “774”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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