Ornamental design with a vase and floral scrollwork (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
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
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.
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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