Design for a ceiling in the Villa Pamphili, Rome
Maker
Giuseppe Manocchi (Artists)
1731-1782
1731-1782
Title
Design for a ceiling in the Villa Pamphili, Rome
Date of Production
1775
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 47 cm
Width: 66.7 cm
Width: 66.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.879
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
Percy Mordaunt Barnard, Tunbridge Wells (1868-1941); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, probably between 1921 and 1922 [as it was lot 484 in cat. no. 131, and on https://www.robinhalwas.com/007900-pm-barnard-stock-catalogues cat. no. 128 is probably 1921 and cat. no. 136 probably 1922]; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: Strasburg lily above "LVG"; Countermark: Recto, right centre: "VI" (the letters "LVG" are nearly monogram and none of the marks in Churchill nor Heawood matches this).
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre edge, grey ink, described, signed and dated: "Sofitto di villa panfilli G.M..1.7.7.5."; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “879”; lower right margin, graphite: erased and now illegible, can only see “?” and “[…]chi”. Verso: lower centre, graphite, Witt number: “879”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right centre edge, grey ink, described, signed and dated: "Sofitto di villa panfilli G.M..1.7.7.5."; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “879”; lower right margin, graphite: erased and now illegible, can only see “?” and “[…]chi”. Verso: lower centre, graphite, Witt number: “879”.
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