Design for a lunette
Maker
(artist)
1666-1724
1666-1724
Title
Design for a lunette
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 37.5 cm
Width: 37.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.958
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), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.4); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Signature: Recto: lower left, brown ink signed by the artist?:Benedetto Luti.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: 3/23.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper right corner, graphite, underlined: 5.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite: 10.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right centre, graphite, Witt number: 958.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite: Luti Benedetto/Florence 1666-1724 / Design for a lunette, with figures of the Madonna + child / Pen + bistre + sepia wash / signed .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, a price? Erased and now illegible.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite, faded: 3/6.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Signature: Recto: lower left, brown ink signed by the artist?:Benedetto Luti.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: 3/23.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper right corner, graphite, underlined: 5.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite: 10.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right centre, graphite, Witt number: 958.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite: Luti Benedetto/Florence 1666-1724 / Design for a lunette, with figures of the Madonna + child / Pen + bistre + sepia wash / signed .
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, a price? Erased and now illegible.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite, faded: 3/6.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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