Sheet of ornamental motifs
Maker
(artist)
1500-1583
1500-1583
Title
Sheet of ornamental motifs
Medium
pen and ink (brown) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4479
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
Max de Beer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, right centre: 6-pointed star above a circle containing a line topped by a ball flanked by two triangles (letters – A or V? paper quality very poor so hard to discern. No match yet found in Briquet, Piccard or Heawood - see photo). Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Verso: left lower edge, cut off: “CANSON […]” (as in CANSON & MONTGOLFIER - the "&" is just cut off by the edge).
Inscription: #1
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: CANSON [...]
Inscription: #1
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: CANSON [...]
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