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A ceiling decoration with four angels carrying the head of Saint John the Baptist on a plate

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1610-1662

Title

A ceiling decoration with four angels carrying the head of Saint John the Baptist on a plate

Medium

pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, cut into octagonal shape and laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 14 cm
Width: 27.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.449

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

Orioli (Florence); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (10 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: “f. Romanelli”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “dessin original”; graphite inscriptions at left and lower right erased and now illegible. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left edge, brown ink, obscured by tape and abrasions: “[...] 2 5 / 00 //”; centre, graphite: “fine blue border”.

Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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