Central section through the elevation of the nave of San Salvatore in Lauro
Maker
(artist)
1674-1755
1674-1755
Title
Central section through the elevation of the nave of San Salvatore in Lauro
Date of Production
1727 - 1729
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey-blue and pink wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support, executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 38.2 cm
Width: 38.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.44
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
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
no. 4 on p. 171
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic), Verso: centre: circle with a border containing a fleur-de-lis (not found in Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: "Spanato della Chiesa de Marchigiani"; lower centre, brown ink: a scale, numbered from "0" to "5" to "10" up to "50" in tens and then "100"; lower right corner, brown ink: "17". Support (historic), Recto: left lower edge and again at lower right corner, graphite: "Ghezzi". Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, underlined but crossed out: "14"; upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "13".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink: "Spanato della Chiesa de Marchigiani"; lower centre, brown ink: a scale, numbered from "0" to "5" to "10" up to "50" in tens and then "100"; lower right corner, brown ink: "17". Support (historic), Recto: left lower edge and again at lower right corner, graphite: "Ghezzi". Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, underlined but crossed out: "14"; upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "13".
Collector's mark: none.
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