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Study of two putti on clouds for the Frangipani Chapel (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1529-1566

Title

Date of Production

1558-1559

Medium

red and yellow chalk, partly incised (recto), pen and brown ink, brown wash and red chalk (verso) on laid paper; a former gold support with a gold border is just retained under the edges of the current sheet

Dimensions

Height: 27 cm
Width: 15.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.371

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

possibly Nicholas Lanier, London (1588-1666), L.2991 (verso, lower left); Marquess of Northampton; his sale, Christie's (London), 1 May 1959, lot 16; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£50.8); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 371
pls. LV (recto), LVI (verso)
dated after 1558-59

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left: a small "W" (? could be skinning of paper. Nothing similar found in Piccard or Briquet).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, brown ink: posibly Nicholas Lanier (L.2991).

Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, brown ink, partly obscured by handling edges, possibly the hand of Nicolas Lanier (L.2991): "Tad.o Zuccaro L-3".

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