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Imaginary view of a town

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1550-1605

Title

Imaginary view of a town

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down, the lower centre edge made up

Dimensions

Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 30.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1963.WF.4729

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1963 (November)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Notes

This a nearly identical (possibly derivative) version of a drawing in the British Museum, London (1935,0413.6).

Provenance

Sabin Galleries (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, November 1963 (£54)

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: 4 / NB [monogram].

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso (hidden under backing sheet, visible via transmitted light): lower left edge, brown ink: "ponto Reealto". Verso (backing sheet): left centre edge, graphite, hard to read: "Vellum Paper Mu. / Pale Separation [...] 237 Mqm / Paper"; lower right edge, graphite: "10".

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