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Interior of a palace hall

Maker

Paul Decker, the elder (artist)
1677-1713

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1711

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink and grey wash on laid paper, laid down; executed using a ruler, framed in black ink, incised for transfer, with a small section at lower right added on a separate strip of paper

Dimensions

Height: 37.9 cm
Width: 49.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.890

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

Christian David Ginsburg, Palmer's Green, England (1831-1914), L.1145 [not listed in his 20-23 July 1915 sale at Sotheby's though most lots contain many more drawings than those described]; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.1); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

Literature

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 44

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite: "890"; lower left edge, graphite: "Paul Decker 1677-1713 (builder in Nuremberg)".

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): both at lower left corner, stamped in black: Christian David Ginsburg (L.1145) and Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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