Capriccio with ruins on the shores of the lagoon
Maker
copy after
(artist)
1721-1780
(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
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
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
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).
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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