Design for a vessel with dolphin and flat fish motif
Maker
After
(artist)
1499-1546
(artist)
1499-1546
Title
Design for a vessel with dolphin and flat fish motif
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, laid down and cut into an oval, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Width: 22.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.26
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
Baron Milford, Picton Castle, Haverfordwest (1744-1823), L.2687; Sheila Plunkett, Lady Dunsany (1912-1999); her sale, Christie's (London), 28 March 1972, lot 63 (with two others); purchased there by Valls (?); C. Apcher (London); purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), 1975; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to several layers of paper.
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, brown ink: "No. 247.". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): on separate piece of paper adhered, in graphite: "V [enclosed in a box] + QH [enclosed in a box] / 1316 £69 //"; graphite, Blunt's hand: "Apcher 1975 / It. Sc. C16 Ex Coll. Lord Milford / Christie 28.iii.1972 lot 63 (with two others) / Att. to Giulio Romano - JBS rightly says 'copies' //".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: centre, engraved label adhered: Baron Milford (L.2687).
Inscription: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, brown ink: "No. 247.". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): on separate piece of paper adhered, in graphite: "V [enclosed in a box] + QH [enclosed in a box] / 1316 £69 //"; graphite, Blunt's hand: "Apcher 1975 / It. Sc. C16 Ex Coll. Lord Milford / Christie 28.iii.1972 lot 63 (with two others) / Att. to Giulio Romano - JBS rightly says 'copies' //".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: centre, engraved label adhered: Baron Milford (L.2687).
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