Landscape with classical ruins - a capriccio
Maker
Francesco Battaglioli (artist)
1710-1796
1710-1796
Title
Landscape with classical ruins - a capriccio
Date of Production
1725 - 1796
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink and grey wash on laid paper with brown ink framing lines, inlaid into a paper support (window left so verso is visible)
Dimensions
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 35.8 cm
Width: 35.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4178
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
anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 18 February 1949, lot 24 (as by Canaletto); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 27 April 1949, for £10; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: lower portion of a shield containing a six-pointed star (could be a match or variation of Heawood 824 - Venice 1784).
Inscription: Francesco Battaglioli / Italian. op. 1750. //
Inscription: Canaletto
Inscription: L Lounge
Inscription: 25
Inscription: A16191
Inscription: 9
Inscription: $175
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Francesco Battaglioli / Italian. op. 1750. //
Inscription: Canaletto
Inscription: L Lounge
Inscription: 25
Inscription: A16191
Inscription: 9
Inscription: $175
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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