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Sheet of studies with heads of angels and arms

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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”.

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