Design for an altarpiece
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1622-1690
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1622-1690
Title
Design for an altarpiece
Date of Production
(circa) 1620
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, cut into an arch with brown ink framing lines, executed using a stylus and ruler, the upper segment on a separate piece of paper joined
Dimensions
Height: 38.4 cm
Width: 23.3 cm
Width: 23.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4457
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
Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1889-1956); Leo Franklyn (London) (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 48
ill. on p. 162
no. 48
ill. on p. 162
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: shield containing a fan or wing? surrounded by scrollwork (no match found in Piccard, Briquet or Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “26 Valdes Jaun de Valdez”; lower right corner, graphite: “15”. Verso: left lower edge, grey ink: “an”; lower left corner, graphite: “1”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink: “26 Valdes Jaun de Valdez”; lower right corner, graphite: “15”. Verso: left lower edge, grey ink: “an”; lower left corner, graphite: “1”.
Collector's mark: none.
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