Design for the architectural and sculptural decoration of a wall including Borghese arms
Maker
(artist)
1600-1625
1600-1625
Title
Design for the architectural and sculptural decoration of a wall including Borghese arms
Date of Production
(circa) 1630
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, laid down on a Mariette mount
Dimensions
Height: 35.7 cm
Width: 27.2 cm
Width: 27.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.55
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
Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (1694-1774); probably Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys, Paris, L.3620, dispersed before 1793; 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: unable to check due to mount.
Collector's mark: Recto: inscriptions transcribed above: probably Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys (L.3620).
Inscription: Recto, all brown ink and probably hand of Saint-Morys: lower left, on mount: "Ecole Lombarde."; lower right, first line on drawing, second on mount: "Ann: Carrache / Ne' 1560. //"; lower centre edge of Mount: "Ne' L'an.1560. Mort L'an 1609.". Mount (Mariette), Verso: upper right corner, graphite: "@ 10/-"; centre, graphite: "H".
Collector's mark: Recto: inscriptions transcribed above: probably Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys (L.3620).
Inscription: Recto, all brown ink and probably hand of Saint-Morys: lower left, on mount: "Ecole Lombarde."; lower right, first line on drawing, second on mount: "Ann: Carrache / Ne' 1560. //"; lower centre edge of Mount: "Ne' L'an.1560. Mort L'an 1609.". Mount (Mariette), Verso: upper right corner, graphite: "@ 10/-"; centre, graphite: "H".
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