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Design for a title-page with coat-of-arms of the Fugger family of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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).

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