Frieze (after a drawing by Polidoro di Caravaggio on the façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)
Maker
(artist)
1550-1606
Copy after
(artist)
1499-1543
1550-1606
Copy after
(artist)
1499-1543
Title
Frieze (after a drawing by Polidoro di Caravaggio on the façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)
Medium
chalk (black), pen and ink (brown), wash (brown), treated with a fixative, on laid paper, now hinged to a modern support so cannot be lifted or turned
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 40.4 cm
Width: 40.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4538
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
unknown collector (initials 'CEG', not on Lugt); Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784); Sir Charles Greville, England (1763-1832); Franklyn (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) and his son Sir John Witt, London (1907-1982), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Literature
Brooks, Julian, The drawings of Andrea Boscoli (c.1560–1608), PhD thesis, University of Oxford 1999; 1
p. 347
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 21
Antal, F., 'Letters: A drawing attributed to Boscoli' in 'Burlington Magazine', August 1953 - 281; 95, 605
p. 281
fig. 4 on p. 261 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 61 ...Less
p. 347
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 21
Antal, F., 'Letters: A drawing attributed to Boscoli' in 'Burlington Magazine', August 1953 - 281; 95, 605
p. 281
fig. 4 on p. 261 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 61 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as hinged to current support; in raking light appears to be one at Recto, right centre.
Inscription: Verso (no longer visible, see photo): left centre, graphite: “10”; lower left, graphite: “PARMIGIANINO (Francesco Mazzuolo) 1503-1540 / see 122 Cat. 43574 / Design for a frieze //”; lower centre, graphite: “Ital. drawings at Windsor Castle / 1852 //”; lower right, graphite: “Coll. Sir Charles Greville / N. Hone //”.
Collector's mark: ? Recto, lower right, stamped in brown ink: unidentified collector's mark, initials “CEG” [not on Lugt]; lower right, stamped in black ink: Nathaniel Hone (L.2793). Verso (no longer visible, see photo): lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, stamped in ink (black): Sir Charles Greville (L.549); lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir John Witt (L.646a).
Inscription: Verso (no longer visible, see photo): left centre, graphite: “10”; lower left, graphite: “PARMIGIANINO (Francesco Mazzuolo) 1503-1540 / see 122 Cat. 43574 / Design for a frieze //”; lower centre, graphite: “Ital. drawings at Windsor Castle / 1852 //”; lower right, graphite: “Coll. Sir Charles Greville / N. Hone //”.
Collector's mark: ? Recto, lower right, stamped in brown ink: unidentified collector's mark, initials “CEG” [not on Lugt]; lower right, stamped in black ink: Nathaniel Hone (L.2793). Verso (no longer visible, see photo): lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, stamped in ink (black): Sir Charles Greville (L.549); lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir John Witt (L.646a).
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