Design for staircase decoration - Apollo and Marsyas
Maker
(artist)
1675-1734
1675-1734
Title
Design for staircase decoration - Apollo and Marsyas
Medium
graphite, pen and ink (brown), watercolour, paint (gold) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 18 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4401
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
Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784); anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 8 February 1950, lot 4 (as 'Apollo and Marsyas'); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 23 March 1950, for £10; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Literature
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 8
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 52
cat. no. 8
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 52
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: possibly at centre, though obscured by repair added to verso.
Inscription: 78
Inscription: 19 x 12 1/2
Inscription: 7
Inscription: £5
Inscription: + A [...] was the / [...] of [...] + Sir Revelry // [?]
Inscription: Lay on Gold Cream
Inscription: A17165 / E/-/- //
Label: Nathaniel Hone, eminent portrait painter and collector. / Born in Dublin, 1730, died 1784. He was one of the / Members of the Royal Academy at its foundation. //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: 78
Inscription: 19 x 12 1/2
Inscription: 7
Inscription: £5
Inscription: + A [...] was the / [...] of [...] + Sir Revelry // [?]
Inscription: Lay on Gold Cream
Inscription: A17165 / E/-/- //
Label: Nathaniel Hone, eminent portrait painter and collector. / Born in Dublin, 1730, died 1784. He was one of the / Members of the Royal Academy at its foundation. //
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
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