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Window in the façade of the Villa del Pigneto Sacchetti at Castelfusano, near Ostia

Maker

(artist)
1674-1755

Title

Window in the façade of the Villa del Pigneto Sacchetti at Castelfusano, near Ostia

Date of Production

(8 October) 1735

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash, on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 13.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.35

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

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Provenance

from an album compiled and partly drawn by the artist, Rome, probably mid-18th century (several sheets in the Blunt collection belonged to this album); probably Christie’s (London), 1939-41; Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), 1941; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Literature

Kieven, Elisabeth, 'La collezione di disegni di architettura di Pier Luigi Ghezzi' in 'Collezionismo e ideologia : mecenati, artisti e teorici dal classico al neoclassico', Rome 1991
no. 4 on p. 171

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing an anchor, topped by a six-pointed star, and below the letter "F" (not found in Heawood - see drawing in file).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, grey ink, artist’s hand: "Una delle due Fenestre che Stà di quà, o di La / della niechia nella Facciata del Casino deld. / Marchese Sacchetti il Pignieto fatto il di / 8. Ottobre 1735. Con tutta esattezza. //".

Collector's mark: none.

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