Design for the altar wall of a chapel with angels playing music
Maker
Italy Mid/Late 16th century (artist)
1550-1599
1550-1599
Title
Design for the altar wall of a chapel with angels playing music
Date of Production
1550 - 1599
Medium
red chalk, traces of graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on brown laid paper, the top cut into an arch, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 21.8 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.24
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
Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic), lower centre: a circle, unable to see what it contains.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "75"; lower right, graphite, erased: "£4.10.-"; lower right edge, graphite, erased: "Lot 42[?]7"; lower right corner, graphite: "26".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "75"; lower right, graphite, erased: "£4.10.-"; lower right edge, graphite, erased: "Lot 42[?]7"; lower right corner, graphite: "26".
Collector's mark: none.
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