Design for an ornamental candle-bracket
Maker
(Artists)
1500-1599
1500-1599
Title
Design for an ornamental candle-bracket
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 8 cm
Width: 8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.463
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); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, upper left edge: fragment of a circle. Support (historic), Recto: upper left edge, fragment of a three-leaf flower.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink (different from drawing): “Pierino”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink (different from drawing): “Pierino”.
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