View of Arpino, Italy
Maker
(artist)
1812-1888
1812-1888
Title
View of Arpino, Italy
Date of Production
(1 April) 1842
Medium
graphite and grey wash on blue wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 25.9 cm
Width: 25.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1955.WF.4606
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1955
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Witt Fund Purchase 1955
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 31
p. 31
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: centre, throughout drawing, each written several times in various parts of the drawing, graphite, artist's hand: “1 2 3 4 5 6"; centre, graphite, artist's hand: "wall"; lower left, graphite, located and dated: "Arpino. / 1. April 1842, 1. slanting rocks with olives & moss. / 2. ditto - but further off. / 3.3. ditto remoter. 4. more bare rock."; lower right, graphite, artist's hand: "deep valley". Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Ed. Lear"; lower left, graphite: "Ital"; lower left edge, graphite: "D. 106C".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: centre, throughout drawing, each written several times in various parts of the drawing, graphite, artist's hand: “1 2 3 4 5 6"; centre, graphite, artist's hand: "wall"; lower left, graphite, located and dated: "Arpino. / 1. April 1842, 1. slanting rocks with olives & moss. / 2. ditto - but further off. / 3.3. ditto remoter. 4. more bare rock."; lower right, graphite, artist's hand: "deep valley". Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Ed. Lear"; lower left, graphite: "Ital"; lower left edge, graphite: "D. 106C".
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