Corner of the Capitol, Rome
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Corner of the Capitol, Rome
Date of Production
(circa) 1660 - 1670
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, pink bodycolour, on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.48
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
unidentified collector (not in Lugt); Wellesley Collection; Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), by 1964; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Exhibition History
The Sir Anthony Blunt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1964 (February)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing fleur-de-lis (no exact match in Heawood).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): left centre, graphite, circled: "1"; right lower edge, graphite: "12"; lower right, graphite, top few lines erased and now mostly illegible: "Canaletto [...] / [...] 1765 / From the Wellesley Coll. / IMP //"; lower left edge, graphite: "7 No002 [the "2" written over "3"]"; lower right edge, graphite: "X4561 / 4- //".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): stamped twice in black ink at lower left corner (now mostly obscured by the support): black circle with a negative "M" or "W" - unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): left centre, graphite, circled: "1"; right lower edge, graphite: "12"; lower right, graphite, top few lines erased and now mostly illegible: "Canaletto [...] / [...] 1765 / From the Wellesley Coll. / IMP //"; lower left edge, graphite: "7 No002 [the "2" written over "3"]"; lower right edge, graphite: "X4561 / 4- //".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): stamped twice in black ink at lower left corner (now mostly obscured by the support): black circle with a negative "M" or "W" - unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).
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