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Capriccio with ruins on the shores of the lagoon

Maker

copy after
(artist)
1721-1780

Title

Capriccio with ruins on the shores of the lagoon

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 35 cm
Width: 47.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.738

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

Duits (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1939 (paid £10 in cash and in part exchange for a Jan van de Velde drawing valued at £5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 23/05/1958-20/07/1958

Eighteenth-century Venice, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 03/01/1951-18/04/1951 ...More

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

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 71

Eighteenth-century Italy and the Grand Tour, Norwich Castle Museum, 1958
cat. no. 67
no. 67

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily over monogram "WR" (no countermark to identify).

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite, modern hand, unclear: "Bl. Gray [?]"; lower right edge, graphite, modern hand: "A Canaletto 10-".

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

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