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Design for a lunette

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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