E. Kersley, London (active 1930-1960); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 25 April 1950; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 3 October 1950 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 44

Watermark: Watermark: unable to see as is laid down.

Inscription: Recto : architectural elements throughout the drawing labelled in pen and brown ink, from the top: “C2”, “C3”, “C” and “C”, below that “E2” and “D”, the cross “E”, three arches below that “G”, “G” and “G”, lintel below that “H” and below that “K”, across the sheet from that on a column is “B”, two ends of an arch labelled “M” and “I” respectively, a column below that “N” and across the sheet an arch is “A”; also throughout the drawing are various graphite notes by the artist: from top left of centre “Brick” and right of centre “crop inlaid in stone”, across top of an arch at lower right “London bottom assumed [?]”, below that above an arch “Fresco” and below that “window bottom”; long notes in pen and brown ink by the artist: at lower left of centre: “The arch at I is / all wrong in / proportion, it ought / to go from I to M. / and carry the building above / with it. And the column N / should be twice as thick. / In the dark palace behind / note the black / little windows / marched out binds [?] / its grand ones.” and in lower right corner “Bologne. San Jacopo Maggiore. The lower division of the / window is the same as the upper, with brack [?]also at the bottom, which brings / it down to the line A: This line however, which is a narrow strip of tiling, / is assumed to be at the level B, in all the placing of the rest of the picture. except the / moulding C. which is rightly placed by the window and crops D, which the crop is drawn in detail / at E2. is placed with reference to the level B. and should therefore be opposite the centre of the window. / The crop D. I could not well make out. but it is, I think flat, like E2. The spaces G have a fresco paint in each: the / foiling above has been painted; but is I think of stone, contemporary with the rest. and its flower in the angles look later. / The little white circles in the great moulding C. pu[?] out exceedingly. they now offer something as at C2: but some of them have a round blue / plate inserted that looks like glass: and over the central door of the church there is a large white cup, higher than D, and twice as large, with / one of these blue plates, round, at each of its extremities: This is a valuable source of colour. C3. Is the irregular middle band of C, all brick. / Tiles at H: K. a rich arabesque with shell medallions and Roman heads in them.”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).