Sheet of studies with heads of angels and arms
Maker
(artist)
1687-1767
1687-1767
Title
Sheet of studies with heads of angels and arms
Date of Production
(circa, or later) 1725
Medium
red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 35.4 cm
Width: 35.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.129
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
D.R. Nott; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 6 July 1951; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 25 July 1951 (£15); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Byam Shaw, James, 'Reviews: Alice Binion, I disegni di Giambattista Pittoni' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1984; XXII, 4
p. 448n27
fig. 2
as definitely by Pittoni
Binion, Alice, I disegni di Giambattista Pittoni. Corpus Graphicum, no. 4, Florence 1983
rejected as by Pittoni, though no explanation given
Shapley, Fern Rusk, Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Italian Schools XVI-XVIII Century, London 1973
p. 141 under no. K1812
as Pittoni ...More
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 129
pl. LXXXIX
as Pittoni, dated c. 1725 or later ...Less
p. 448n27
fig. 2
as definitely by Pittoni
Binion, Alice, I disegni di Giambattista Pittoni. Corpus Graphicum, no. 4, Florence 1983
rejected as by Pittoni, though no explanation given
Shapley, Fern Rusk, Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Italian Schools XVI-XVIII Century, London 1973
p. 141 under no. K1812
as Pittoni ...More
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 129
pl. LXXXIX
as Pittoni, dated c. 1725 or later ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: mark composed of at least one circle but unable to see any more clearly.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left and repeated at upper centre, red chalk, artist's hand (according to Byam Shaw 1984): "Penitenza angelo"; right centre edge, red chalk: "fede"; lower left, red chalk: illegible - Seilern read it as "contu...plasti...[?]". Verso: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 18390”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left and repeated at upper centre, red chalk, artist's hand (according to Byam Shaw 1984): "Penitenza angelo"; right centre edge, red chalk: "fede"; lower left, red chalk: illegible - Seilern read it as "contu...plasti...[?]". Verso: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 18390”.
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