Two monks, one standing, the other seated
Maker
(artist)
1720-1778
1720-1778
Title
Two monks, one standing, the other seated
Date of Production
1755 - 1760 or 1770 - 1775?
Medium
red chalk, moistened in areas, on laid paper, cut out along the outlines of the figures, laid down on a historic support with D.1978.PG.145.2-.3, the missing edges of each made up with brown wash added on the support (added by Count Antoine Seilern as per his 1955 catalogue)
Dimensions
Height: 11 cm
Width: 14.3 cm
Width: 14.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.145.1
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
Mrs Eugenia Zarnowska, Paris; given by her in memory of her husband, Dr Jan Zarnowski, to Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 2 December 1957; Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 145
pl. CV
dated c. 1770-75
John Marciari, Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Morgan Library and Museum, Paul Hoberton Publshing, 2023
p. 109, 112-113, 115 p. 222
no. 145
pl. CV
dated c. 1770-75
John Marciari, Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Morgan Library and Museum, Paul Hoberton Publshing, 2023
p. 109, 112-113, 115 p. 222
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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