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Design for ceiling decoration (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1525-1587

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547

Title

Design for ceiling decoration (recto)

Date of Production

1575 - 1599

Medium

black chalk, pen and grey-brown ink, grey-brown wash on laid paper (recto and verso)

Dimensions

Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 38.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.458

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 (as by Perino); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.3); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - The Grid, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/01/2012-28/05/2012

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: left upper edge, black chalk: “41”; lower right edge, brown ink: “di Mateo da Siena”. [not Marco]

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

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