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Architectural capriccio - bridges
Maker
1720-1778
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Width: 21.7 cm
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Exhibition History
A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More
Giovanni Battista Piranesi - The Early Architectural Fantasies, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA, 01/06/1978-01/10/1978
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Literature
cat. no. 56
pp. 120, 187
ill. on p. 121
Robison, Andrew, Piranesi Early Architectural Fantasies, Chicago and London 1986
pp. 38, 39
fig. 44
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 70, p. 68
ill. on p. 82 ...More
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 58
Sekler, P.M., 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Carceri" Etchings and Related Drawings' in 'Art Quarterly', 1962 - pp. 331-365; 25, 4
pp. 342, 356
fig. 19
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 88
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 55
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 43a
Thomas, Hylton, The drawings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, London and New York 1954
p. 42
pl. 22
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 60 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: “Piranesi”.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, recorded in file), Verso: stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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