Architectural facade (after Serlio?)
Maker
(Artists)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1475-ca. 1554 (Life dates)
1500-1599
Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1475-ca. 1554 (Life dates)
Title
Architectural facade (after Serlio?)
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey watercolour on laid paper, executed using a ruler; has been torn and separated down the centre, with several other losses, now rejoined and laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 40.3 cm
Width: 58.3 cm
Width: 58.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.139
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
David Thomson (d.2009); given by him to Professor Anthony Blunt, 1980; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Literature
Frommel, Sabine; trans. from German by Yves Pauwels, Sebastiano Serlio. Architecte de la Renaissance, Paris 2002 (Fr. trans.)
p. 239n59
Thomson, David, Renaissance Paris. Architecture and growth 1475-1600, London 1984
fig. 78
p. 239n59
Thomson, David, Renaissance Paris. Architecture and growth 1475-1600, London 1984
fig. 78
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: shield containing "B" topped with a crown and fleur-de-lis, above a banderole containing a name: "NICOLAS LEBE" [i think, check Briquet]
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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