Macchiette
Maker
(artist)
1712-1793
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
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
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.
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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