Design for a decorative frame
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Design for a decorative frame
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised and black) on laid paper, hinged at the left edge to a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 9.9 cm
Width: 9.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4245
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
unidentified collector (not in Lugt); Marquis Charles de Valori, Paris (1820-1883), L.2500; Armand Sigwalt, Paris (1875-1952), L.175; Galerie A. Decour (Paris); Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Stamp: Verso, upper right corner, a circle: printed in red and white ink, the number filled ink with black ink: “GALERIE A. DECOUR PARIS” and “No. 443”.
Collector's mark: Recto: upper centre edge, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector’s mark (not found in Lugt); lower centre edge, stamped in blue ink: Charles de Valori (L.2500); lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Armand Sigwalt (L.175). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: “xn/”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4245”; lower right, graphite: “602”; lower right corner, graphite: “#7”.
Stamp: Verso, upper right corner, a circle: printed in red and white ink, the number filled ink with black ink: “GALERIE A. DECOUR PARIS” and “No. 443”.
Collector's mark: Recto: upper centre edge, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector’s mark (not found in Lugt); lower centre edge, stamped in blue ink: Charles de Valori (L.2500); lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Armand Sigwalt (L.175). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: “xn/”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “4245”; lower right, graphite: “602”; lower right corner, graphite: “#7”.
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