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Design for a balcony in the Cour de Marbre, Versailles

Maker

Studio of
(artist)
1634-1697

Title

Design for a balcony in the Cour de Marbre, Versailles

Date of Production

(circa) 1710

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed with a ruler, with a brown ink framing line only at the left upper edge

Dimensions

Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 33.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.127

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

Ben Weinreb (London), November 1975, lot 1919; purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983) (£80); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Exhibition History

Architectural Drawings Workshop, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 02/08/2013-03/08/2013

Literature

Ben Weinreb, London, November 1975
lot 1919
ill. on p. 284

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), centre: Strasburg lily above "4" above "WR" (14.5 cm high, no exact match in Churchill).

Inscription: Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: “5”; lower right edge, the second set of numbers crossed through: “Blunt 127 48/15”. Support (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Verso, all graphite, all in Blunt’s hand: upper left corner: “127”; left lower edge: “774/NS”; lower left, circled: “7”; lower right: “For Versailles 1682 / cf Henri Racinat, / G.BA, 1979 .I.p 31, / fig. 7. / + Marie, Naissance de Versailles II pl. CXIII”; lower right corner: “Nov. / Weinreb 1975 / £80 //”.

Collector's mark: none.

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