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Copy after a fresco on the façade of Palazzo Milesi, Rome

Maker

(artist)
1596-1669

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1634-1689

Copy after
(artist)
1499-1543

Title

Copy after a fresco on the façade of Palazzo Milesi, Rome

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, bodycolour (white, red and blue), framed in brown ink, on two sheets of grey laid paper joined at the centre

Dimensions

Height: 17.6 cm
Width: 50 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4218

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

Jonathan Richardson, the younger, London (1694-1771), L.2170; probably his estate sale, Langford & Son (London), 5 February - 12 February 1772, any number of lots; J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: small rectangle with a knot, perhaps something below but difficult to see [see photos in file].

Inscription: Verso: left centre, brown ink: "g". Witt recorded that there was also an inscription (now missing) in Jonathan Richardson the younger’s hand: “Ciro Ferri after Polidoro”. Mount (removed): Verso: upper left, graphite: "685 / 3"; upper centre, graphite: "Polideri? / RW number? / 17.5 x 49.5 / who? / Polidoro? Doesn't / appear in Handlist / under Polidoro. / Not sure which / drawing this is"; lower left, graphite: "#1"; lower right, graphite: "Open / Op..[illegible] / L..."

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170). Mount (removed): Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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