Allegorical scene - woman and two children facing a dragon
Maker
Francesco Zugno (artist)
1709-1787
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
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.
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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