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Corner of an Italian town

Maker

(artist)
1644-1708

Title

Corner of an Italian town

Date of Production

1685

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 15.4 cm
Width: 20 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.452

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.75); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, dated: "1685"; lower right corner, darker brown ink, signed by the artist?: "A: Storck". Mount (removed, but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left and lower right: two arrows, pointing up at where the date and name would have been when the drawing was still mounted.

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