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Sheet of ornamental motifs

Maker

(artist)
1500-1583

Title

Sheet of ornamental motifs

Medium

pen and ink (brown) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 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

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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 [...]

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