Decorative design - blank papal coat of arms flanked by putti
Maker
(artist)
1501-1547
1501-1547
Title
Decorative design - blank papal coat of arms flanked by putti
Medium
red chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, the upper edge made up of a separate strip of joined laid paper, laid down on a historic marginal border
Dimensions
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 43.4 cm
Width: 43.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.WF.4673
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1958 (14 November)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sir Peter Lely, London (1618-1680); Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830); Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, London (1867-1938); by descent to his daughter, Mrs F.H. Brackley; her sale, Christie's (London),14 October 1958, lot 59; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of The Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund
Exhibition History
Perino del Vaga, Mantua, 17/03/2001-10/06/2001
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 16/11/1981-31/01/1982
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966 ...Less
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 16/11/1981-31/01/1982
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966 ...Less
Literature
Borenius, Tancred and Rudolf Wittkower, Catalogue of the collection of drawings by the old masters formed by Sir Robert Mond, London 1937
no. 259
pl. VII (B)
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 4
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 7 ...More
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1981-1982
cat. no. 69
II, no. 69, p. 121
ill.
Drawings by Raphael and his circle: from British and North American collections, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1987
p. 242
Raphael and his circle: drawings from Windsor Castle, The Queen's Gallery, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1999-2001
p. 179
fig. 79
Perino del Vaga: tra Raffaello e Michelangelo, Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2001
no. 29
ill. on p. 126 ...Less
no. 259
pl. VII (B)
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 4
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 7 ...More
Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo: progetto ed esecuzione, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1981-1982
cat. no. 69
II, no. 69, p. 121
ill.
Drawings by Raphael and his circle: from British and North American collections, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1987
p. 242
Raphael and his circle: drawings from Windsor Castle, The Queen's Gallery, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1999-2001
p. 179
fig. 79
Perino del Vaga: tra Raffaello e Michelangelo, Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2001
no. 29
ill. on p. 126 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: False margin (historic), Verso: lower right edge, dark brown ink: Pierino del Vaga. 12+.
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black: Sir Peter Lely (L.2092).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: 154.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in brown: Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (L.2813a).
Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Historic Margins: upper centre, cut off by edge: a crescent moon, or half of a circle with a double border (too fragmentary to identify).
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black: Sir Peter Lely (L.2092).
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: 154.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in brown: Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (L.2813a).
Watermark: none evident in the drawing sheet. Historic Margins: upper centre, cut off by edge: a crescent moon, or half of a circle with a double border (too fragmentary to identify).
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