Design for ceiling decoration
Maker
Giovanni Battista Natali III (artist)
1698-1765
1698-1765
Title
Design for ceiling decoration
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.435
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.10); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Literature
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 83
cat. no. 83
Inscriptions
Inscription: Gio: Battista Natale
Inscription: G.B. Natali III D.1952.RW.435
Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Watermark: centre: Strasburg bend above monogram "VDL".
Inscription: G.B. Natali III D.1952.RW.435
Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Watermark: centre: Strasburg bend above monogram "VDL".
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