Pyramid of Caius Sestius
Maker
(artist)
1688-1782
1688-1782
Title
Pyramid of Caius Sestius
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, on thick laid paper with dark brown ink framing lines, executed using a ruler (recto), some black chalk lines, a grid and 'x's, executed using a ruler (verso)
Dimensions
Height: 47.3 cm
Width: 31.9 cm
Width: 31.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.108
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, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk: "Piramide di Caio / Sestio //". Verso: upper right, graphite, neg. no. from Courtauld photographic survey: "323/62/26a"; upper right, graphite: "9"; upper centre, graphite, Blunt's hand: "Antonio Visentini".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk: "Piramide di Caio / Sestio //". Verso: upper right, graphite, neg. no. from Courtauld photographic survey: "323/62/26a"; upper right, graphite: "9"; upper centre, graphite, Blunt's hand: "Antonio Visentini".
Collector's mark: none.
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