Three designs for a lectern
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
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
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).
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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