Design for a title-page with coat-of-arms of the Fugger family of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Design for a title-page with coat-of-arms of the Fugger family of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, executed using a compass and ruler, with later additions in pen and brown ink, incised for transfer, the verso prepared with red chalk
Dimensions
Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4253
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
Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge: Pro Patria (partly cut off at edge, unable to see clearly enough to distinguish among Pro Patria marks).
Inscription: none.
Label: old mount (blue paper with green, black and gold watercolor): " 4253" " #11". verso [two labels]: "Try J. E. Nilson [illegible word]" "German (French) School/18th Century/? Electoral Bonnet"
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: none.
Label: old mount (blue paper with green, black and gold watercolor): " 4253" " #11". verso [two labels]: "Try J. E. Nilson [illegible word]" "German (French) School/18th Century/? Electoral Bonnet"
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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