Study for ceiling decoration, with figures on clouds including Flora and putti
Maker
(artist)
1695-1754
1695-1754
Title
Study for ceiling decoration, with figures on clouds including Flora and putti
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, cut into an octagon, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 34.9 cm
Width: 34.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.884
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), n.d. (£4.9, also with D.1952.RW.949); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 55
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 33
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929
no. 722
cat. no. 55
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 33
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929
no. 722
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Strasburg lily above “4” above monogram “WR”.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist, partly cut off: “JdeWitt. F. invt,”. Verso: lower left, graphite: “417.”; lower centre edge, brown ink, partly cut off: “Groode Blaffon voordrellengestrengen Steer – R[…]ier Bouwen Sch[…] en […] / […]dael //” [needs transcribing and translating].
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist, partly cut off: “JdeWitt. F. invt,”. Verso: lower left, graphite: “417.”; lower centre edge, brown ink, partly cut off: “Groode Blaffon voordrellengestrengen Steer – R[…]ier Bouwen Sch[…] en […] / […]dael //” [needs transcribing and translating].
Collector's mark: none.
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