Design for a ceiling decoration
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1525-1575
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1525-1575
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
Title
Design for a ceiling decoration
Date of Production
(circa) 1550 - 1560
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 32.4 cm
Width: 32.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.461
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
Literature
Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Simonetta, 'Addenda a Luzio Luzzi disegnatore' in 'Bollettino d'Arte', Apr.-Jun 2001 - pp. 39-78; 116
pp. 67-68
Illus. no. 44 on p. 68
as Luzio Luzzi
Pouncey, Philip and J.A. Gere, Italian drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum Raphael and his circle, London 1962
pp. 111-12 under no. 186
attr. to Luzio Romano
pp. 67-68
Illus. no. 44 on p. 68
as Luzio Luzzi
Pouncey, Philip and J.A. Gere, Italian drawings in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum Raphael and his circle, London 1962
pp. 111-12 under no. 186
attr. to Luzio Romano
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: two crossed arrows (matches Briquet 6272 except ours has a chain line as midline – Treviso 1464).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black ink: “53”; centre, brown ink: “Pierino”. Verso (hidden under support, visible via transmitted light): centre: ink: “Pierino”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: “461”; lower right, brown ink, album page number when oriented portrait rather than current landscape: “87”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, black ink: “53”; centre, brown ink: “Pierino”. Verso (hidden under support, visible via transmitted light): centre: ink: “Pierino”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: “461”; lower right, brown ink, album page number when oriented portrait rather than current landscape: “87”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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