Design for a balcony in the Cour de Marbre, Versailles
Maker
Studio of
(artist)
1634-1697
(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
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
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.
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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