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Grand Caprice in Alexander Park, Tsarskoye Selo, Russia
Landscape with obelisk and pavilion

Maker

Attributed to
Giacomo Quarenghi
1744-1817

formerly attributed to
(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Grand Caprice in Alexander Park, Tsarskoye Selo, Russia
Landscape with obelisk and pavilion

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 30.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.808

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

Walter T. Spencer, London (bookseller/dealer, 1863-1936); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Arrivee a Carshoie Seto et une des Colonnes milliaires, qui porte un Quadrant / Solaire”.

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

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