Architectural capriccio - stage design
Maker
Circle of
(artist)
1600-1799
(artist)
1600-1799
Title
Architectural capriccio - stage design
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown, blue and grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic support, executed using a ruler
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 15 cm
Width: 15 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.102
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
unidentified collector, L.609; E.R. Lamponi-Leopardi, Florence and Turin (second half of 19th century), L.1760; Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper right corner, red crayon: "416"; centre, graphite: "Bibiena"; lower centre, graphite, circled: "374"; lower right edge, graphite, obscured by remnant of tape: "Babbagnalli" [?]. Mount (removed, recorded in file), Verso: blue ink, circled: “J A / 58 //”.
Label: Remounted March 2007/AtB 58 (initialed in black in), Blunt 102/Bibiena (circle)/Coll. ? R. Lamponi on verso: "OP [encircled]"
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue ink: unidentified collector (L.609); lower left edge, stamped in blue ink: E.R. Lamponi-Leopardi (L.1760).
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: upper right corner, red crayon: "416"; centre, graphite: "Bibiena"; lower centre, graphite, circled: "374"; lower right edge, graphite, obscured by remnant of tape: "Babbagnalli" [?]. Mount (removed, recorded in file), Verso: blue ink, circled: “J A / 58 //”.
Label: Remounted March 2007/AtB 58 (initialed in black in), Blunt 102/Bibiena (circle)/Coll. ? R. Lamponi on verso: "OP [encircled]"
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in blue ink: unidentified collector (L.609); lower left edge, stamped in blue ink: E.R. Lamponi-Leopardi (L.1760).
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