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Classical ruins with figures

Maker

(artist)
1726-1796

Title

Classical ruins with figures

Date of Production

1740 - 1796

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on card, with black ink and wash borders

Dimensions

Height: 34.6 cm
Width: 26.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.5

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

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Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. 38, 1921, lot 362; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (32 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto (within drawing), lower right, dark brown ink, signed by the artist: “Zucchi”; lower centre (outside drawn area), graphite: “signed”; lower right (outside drawn area), graphite: “Antonio Zucchi. (1726-1795) / married Angelica Kaufmann”. Verso: upper centre, graphite: “July 1829”.

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

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