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Design for an altar

Maker

(artist)
1717-1771

Title

Design for an altar

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 34.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.112

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

Edmond Fatio, Geneva (1871-ca. 1959), L.3472; his estate sale, Nicolas Rauch (Geneva), 3 - 4 June 1959, probably lot 120 or 123 (both Italian School, lots of 8 and 9 drawings respectively, the only lots described as drawings of altars and no drawings listed anywhere by Zoccolo); Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985) (? according to Collections Trust website, but no evidence in the file); purchased from him by (again, according to Collections Trust) Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, 'Naples in the eighteenth century: A. Architecture' in 'Burlington Magazine', April 1979 - pp. 250, 254-59; 121, 913
p. 258
see attached PDF

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, right centre: small crowned shield with curved top containing six small circles, above a small diamond and the letters "PB" (no match in Heawood, Churchill or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: lower right (within drawing), on lower step, brown ink, artist's monogram: "CZ.". Verso: centre, graphite, circled, unclear but same as on D.1984.AB.111.1: "pb" [? not on Lugt]; lower right, graphite: "120 B 1 / 8/2 //".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right, stamped in black ink: Edmond Fatio (L.3472).

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