Design for a cartouche incorporating the Medici Grand Ducal Coronet and an allegory of Truth (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1575-1599
1575-1599
Title
Design for a cartouche incorporating the Medici Grand Ducal Coronet and an allegory of Truth (recto)
Date of Production
1570 - 1599
Medium
red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), on laid paper, hinged at the left to a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.27
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 (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "3". Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite, circled: "23"; upper right, graphite: "35,000".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "3". Support (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite, circled: "23"; upper right, graphite: "35,000".
Collector's mark: none.
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