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Design for a triumphal arch or gate with Franciscan symbols and the arms of Pope Paul V (1605-1621)

Maker

(artist)
1600-1625

Title

Design for a triumphal arch or gate with Franciscan symbols and the arms of Pope Paul V (1605-1621)

Date of Production

1605 - 1621

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, yellow-brown wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, set into historic margins with gold framing lines (John Talman's?)

Dimensions

Height: 27.3 cm
Width: 37.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.54

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

possibly John Talman, Italy and Hinxworth (1677-1726); 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: none.

Inscription: Mount (missing, recorded in file, Blunt’s hand): “Margins may be by Talman”; “Arms of Paul V, left”; “Gonzaga (check) middle”; “arms of St. Francis, arms of St. [illegible]”.

Collector's mark: none.

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