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Design for an altar

Maker

Italy (North) mid 18th century (artist)
1725-1775

Title

Design for an altar

Date of Production

(circa) 1750

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler

Dimensions

Height: 27 cm
Width: 17.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.139.1

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

Edmond Fatio, Geneva (1871-around 1959), L.3472; his estate sale, Nicolas Rauch (Geneva), 3 - 4 June 1959, probably lot 120 or 123 (both Italian School, lots of 8 and 9 drawings respectively, the only lots described as drawings of altars); Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), February 1980; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, upper left of centre: full stag in profile in a circle, above is the letter "P" (no match in Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink: scale numbered "1/2 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20"; lower centre, grey ink: "Scielzo F". Verso: lower centre, graphite: "C85 P"; lower right corner, graphite, faded and hard to read: "1" "120" "120" and "10"[?]; lower left edge, graphite: "178-27=259".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right of centre edge, stamped in purple ink: Edmond Fatio (L.3472).

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