Architectural and figure studies (recto)
Architectural and figure studies (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1563-1610
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1563-1610
Title
Architectural and figure studies (recto)
Architectural and figure studies (verso)
Architectural and figure studies (verso)
Date of Production
1580 - 1610
Medium
pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on paper, with a historic support around the borders
Dimensions
Height: 24.2 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.WF.4674
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1958 (14 October)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Richard Cosway, London (1740-1821), L.628; Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830); Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, London (1867-1938), L.2813a; by descent to his daughter, Mrs F.H. Brackley; her sale, Christie's (London), 14 October 1958, lot 61; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of The Courtauld via the Witt Fund (£44.2)
Exhibition History
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Literature
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 8
Borenius, Tancred and Rudolf Wittkower, Catalogue of the collection of drawings by the old masters formed by Sir Robert Mond, London 1937
no. 263
cat. no. 8
Borenius, Tancred and Rudolf Wittkower, Catalogue of the collection of drawings by the old masters formed by Sir Robert Mond, London 1937
no. 263
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: The sheet is filled with brown ink inscriptions including numbers; as they were written first and the sketches were then drawn over them, most of them are obscured and very difficult to read. Recto: upper centre edge: “allo gdino an3 di […]”; upper right corner: “L 2 BcanZ[…] / 422 / 7 S / m / ny / 2 x 4 / x 10 & //”; etc. Same on the verso, numerous inscriptions difficult to decipher. Verso: centre and again at lower centre edge on added strip of paper, graphite: “427”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Richard Cosway (L.628). Verso: lower left, stamped in brown ink: Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (L.2813a).
Inscription: The sheet is filled with brown ink inscriptions including numbers; as they were written first and the sketches were then drawn over them, most of them are obscured and very difficult to read. Recto: upper centre edge: “allo gdino an3 di […]”; upper right corner: “L 2 BcanZ[…] / 422 / 7 S / m / ny / 2 x 4 / x 10 & //”; etc. Same on the verso, numerous inscriptions difficult to decipher. Verso: centre and again at lower centre edge on added strip of paper, graphite: “427”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Richard Cosway (L.628). Verso: lower left, stamped in brown ink: Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (L.2813a).
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