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Architectural capriccio (recto)
Architectural study (verso)

Maker

(artist)
1657-1743

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1692-1776

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1712-1793

Title

Architectural capriccio (recto)
Architectural study (verso)

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash (recto), black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper
(verified under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 37.4 cm
Width: 21.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.568

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£6.3); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972

Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More

A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1924

University of Southampton, 1920 ...Less

Literature

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 50

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 3

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 45

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite: 14.

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

Watermark: none.

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