Front and side elevation of the boxes at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples
Maker
France mid-18th century (artist)
Title
Front and side elevation of the boxes at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples
Date of Production
1725 - 1775
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 47.3 cm
Width: 33.3 cm
Width: 33.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.115
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
Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: right centre, brown ink: “Elévation du Théatre [previous two words crossed through] des Loges / du théatre St Charles à Naples.”; lower centre, brown ink: “4 pd. 5” accompanied by arrows, and below that a line labelled “6 pi.”; left centre edge, black ink: “6” [or could read “5”]; left lower edge, brown ink: “Théatre”. Verso: lower centre, brown ink, calculations, probably by the artist: “28 / 9 / [sum line] 118”, “2 / 8 / 9 / [sum line] 9”; “2J[?]”; lower left, graphite, “Illegible” with two arrows pointing toward the three-line inscription in the lower left corner, also graphite and mostly illegible, in French as can only make out “pour”; lower right, graphite: “82-1 + 92-30”; lower right corner, graphite: “P + Px”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: right centre, brown ink: “Elévation du Théatre [previous two words crossed through] des Loges / du théatre St Charles à Naples.”; lower centre, brown ink: “4 pd. 5” accompanied by arrows, and below that a line labelled “6 pi.”; left centre edge, black ink: “6” [or could read “5”]; left lower edge, brown ink: “Théatre”. Verso: lower centre, brown ink, calculations, probably by the artist: “28 / 9 / [sum line] 118”, “2 / 8 / 9 / [sum line] 9”; “2J[?]”; lower left, graphite, “Illegible” with two arrows pointing toward the three-line inscription in the lower left corner, also graphite and mostly illegible, in French as can only make out “pour”; lower right, graphite: “82-1 + 92-30”; lower right corner, graphite: “P + Px”.
Collector's mark: none.
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