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Allegorical scene - woman and two children facing a dragon

Maker

Francesco Zugno (artist)
1709-1787

Title

Allegorical scene - woman and two children facing a dragon

Date of Production

1725 - 1787

Medium

black chalk on laid paper with black chalk framing lines, on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 16.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1964.WF.4733

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1964 (January)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Mr N. Betts, London; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, March 1964 (£25)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner (outside of framing lines), brown ink: “zugno dis.”. Mount (historic), Recto: upper left, blue ink: “N 499.”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “D26866”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, blue ink, underlined: “N 499.”; lower right corner, graphite, circled: “25”.

Collector's mark: none.

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