Imaginary view of a town
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1550-1605
(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
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".
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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