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Design for widow's tomb, perhaps Margaret of Austria, featuring Cardinal and Theological Virtues

Maker

Attributed to
Simone Moschino (artist)
1553-1610

Attributed to
Francesco Mosca (artist)
1546-1578

Formerly attributed to
Simone Mosca (artist)
1492-1553

Title

Design for widow's tomb, perhaps Margaret of Austria, featuring Cardinal and Theological Virtues

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, executed using a ruler, laid down, an extra strip of paper added at the bottom edge

Dimensions

Height: 38.5 cm
Width: 34 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.51

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, L.3461; Lorna Lowe and Jean Luc Baroni (London), 27 June - 11 July 1979, lot 52 (as by circle of Giovanni della Porta); purchased there by Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983) (£650); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Backing sheet, Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “t.nt”; lower right corner, graphite, beside stamp: “M”. Mount (removed, now missing but recorded in file), Verso: Blunt’s hand: “Lorna Lowe / Exhn. Summer 1979 / Lot 52 / bt. £650.”.

Collector's mark: Backing sheet, Verso: lower left corner, stamped in blue: unidentified collector (L.3461).

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