Design for a pulpit with scientific instruments in the foreground
Maker
Germany (North) mid 18th century (artist)
1725-1775
1725-1775
Title
Design for a pulpit with scientific instruments in the foreground
Date of Production
(circa) 1750
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 39 cm
Width: 29.1 cm
Width: 29.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.133
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, London (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite: "147"; left lower edge, graphite: "65" Verso: upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "A.91"; lower right edge, graphite: "P C85 178-27=259".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite: "147"; left lower edge, graphite: "65" Verso: upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "A.91"; lower right edge, graphite: "P C85 178-27=259".
Collector's mark: none.
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