Design for the façade of a palace
Maker
Style of
Galeazzo Alessi (artist)
1512-1572
Galeazzo Alessi (artist)
1512-1572
Title
Design for the façade of a palace
Date of Production
(circa) 1580
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash, on laid paper, laid down on an album page
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.23
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
Walraf (?); purchased there by Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), 1941 (£3); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Exhibition History
The Sir Anthony Blunt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1964 (February)
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 30/01/1941-28/02/1941
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 30/01/1941-28/02/1941
Literature
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1941
cat. no. 17
cat. no. 17
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right, brown ink: "73"; upper right corner, graphite: "6"; upper right edge, graphite: "the Palazzo Marmorio 1550 Marlano"; lower centre, graphite: "£3"; lower right, graphite, underlined and crossed out: "£4".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right, brown ink: "73"; upper right corner, graphite: "6"; upper right edge, graphite: "the Palazzo Marmorio 1550 Marlano"; lower centre, graphite: "£3"; lower right, graphite, underlined and crossed out: "£4".
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