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Temple of Minerva

Maker

(artist)
1748-1817

Title

Temple of Minerva

Medium

black chalk and watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a paper support

Dimensions

Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 42.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4238

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

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Provenance

Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 23/05/1958-20/07/1958

Literature

Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 1958
cat. no. 36
no. 36

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: centre: Strasburg lily (unable to see lettering beneath, possibly “VDL”. Support: Verso, right centre: circle containing a fleur-de-lis (5 cm high. Possibly a mark above the circle but unable to see clearly. Not usually a countermark to the Strasburg lily but is possibly contemporary with the drawing sheet).

Inscription: Temple of [...]

Inscription: Carlo Labruzzi

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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