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Plan and perspective view of an altar

Maker

South Germany or Austria, early 18th century (artist)
1700-1725

Formerly attributed to
Carlo Rainaldi (artist)
1611-1691

Title

Plan and perspective view of an altar

Date of Production

1700 - 1725

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass with stray incised lines; the upper image executed on a separate sheet of paper and laid down, framed on the support with brown ink lines arched at the top

Dimensions

Height: 63.1 cm
Width: 31 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.137

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); his sale, Spring 1973, lot 40 (as by Carlo Rainaldi; £150); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Exhibition History

Great master drawings & prints from the 15th to 20th centuries, William H. Schab Gallery, New York, 1968

Literature

Great master drawings & prints from the 15th to 20th centuries. Catalogue 45., William H. Schab Gallery, New York, 1968
cat. no. 157
as Carlo Rainaldi

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: unable to see as is laid down, just visible in raking light.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in purple: unidentified collector (L.3850).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: a scale numbered in single integers from “i” to “22”. Verso: upper centre and repeated at lower left, graphite: “240”; lower left, graphite, Blunt’s hand: “P / 122-16=304”; lower right corner, graphite: “L15”.

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