Design for ceiling decoration (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1525-1587
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
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
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).
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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