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Triumphal arch for the entry of Rudolf II (when Archduke) into Cremona

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1508-1573

Title

Triumphal arch for the entry of Rudolf II (when Archduke) into Cremona

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink and blind stylus on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass; now laid down on Japanese tissue due to fragility and poor condition

Dimensions

Height: 49.7 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.141

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

Marcello Aldega (Rome); purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), 1981 (£500); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: a sun, about 5 cm in diameter [unable to see clearly but looks like a close match to Heawood 13946 - Salo 1556].

Inscription: Recto, within the drawing, brown ink, artist's hand: on plaque at upper left: "RODOLPH ALBERTVS / AVSTRIACY [...] / [...]"; on plaque at upper right: "ALBERTVS PHEDERIOUS / [...] / [...]".

Collector's mark: none.

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