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Ornamental design with a vase and floral scrollwork (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Ornamental design with a vase and floral scrollwork (recto)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, ochre and grey wash, with brown ink framing lines mostly trimmed away (recto), graphite, pen and brown ink, executed using a ruler (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.3 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.101

Mode of Acquisition

Anthony Blunt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1984

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right lower edge, fragment: tops of letters "IV".

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "83". Verso: upper right edge, brown ink: "Mauro Tesi Bolognese"; within drawing, above arch, cut off at left centre edge, brown ink: "[...]R. / [...] QUOD / [...]NTRA / [...]IESS ERIT / [...]SLI / [...]INI PLE / [...]OCOLI //"; lower right, graphite, circled: "100".

Collector's mark: none.

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