Chair
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1501-1547
Title
Chair
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
graphite, pen and grey-brown ink, grey-brown wash on laid paper, squared in graphite, laid down on a support, with losses at three corners
Dimensions
Height: 14 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.464
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
finials
Provenance
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); probably her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921 (as by Perino); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.3); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing. Support (historic): lower centre edge, fragment: top of a circle, possibly containing a fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey-brown ink, partly torn away: “[...] Aridibetto [?]”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, grey-brown ink, partly torn away: “[...] Aridibetto [?]”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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