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Three designs for a lectern

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547

Title

Three designs for a lectern

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper, on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 25 cm
Width: 34.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.457

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

William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, London, Sotheby's, 14 December 1921; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.3); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, USA, 18/11/1958-04/01/1959

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic), verso, centre: circle containing fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: within drawing, twice on edges of lectern at right, brown ink, artist's hand?: “V3”. Support (historic), Recto: right lower edge, brown ink: “124”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “457”.

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

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