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Macchiette

Maker

(artist)
1712-1793

Title

Macchiette

Date of Production

(circa) 1780

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, with a strong horizontal fold across the centre; the verso has a perforated semi-circle, executed with a compass

Dimensions

Height: 16.1 cm
Width: 10.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.403

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

François de Gouy d'Arsy (1883-1941); then to his partner, with whom he shared a property in France, Russell Greeley (1878-1956); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 June 1969, lot 7; purchased there via Colnaghi (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£750); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983

Literature

Sotheby's, London, Important Old Master drawings, 26 June 1969
lot 7
ill.

Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 403
pl. XII
hesitantly dated c. 1780

Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
no. 30

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink: a list of four names or words, each ending with "-1", thus far undeciphered.

Collector's mark: none.

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