Design for a triumphal arch or gate with Franciscan symbols and the arms of Pope Paul V (1605-1621)
Maker
(artist)
1600-1625
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
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.
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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