Plans and elevations for an altar
Maker
(artist)
1700-1725
1700-1725
Title
Plans and elevations for an altar
Date of Production
1700 - 1725
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on two sheets of laid paper (page from an album), executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 42.1 cm
Width: 27.2 cm
Width: 27.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.64
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
from an album compiled and partly drawn by Pier Leone Ghezzi, Rome (1674-1755), probably mid-18th century (several sheets in the Blunt collection belonged to this album); probably Christie’s (London), 1939-41, lot 1; Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), 1941; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none visible in the drawing sheet. Support (historic): lower centre: circle containing a fleur-de-lis.
Inscription: Recto, all artist’s hand: upper centre edge, brown ink: “Pianta in Cima”; lower centre on plinth, graphite, difficult to read: “Peruga [?]”; left centre edge, underneath scale: “Scala di Pal: 2”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “£1.10.0 / Lot No. 1”; lower right corner, brown ink: “58”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “57”; upper right corner, graphite: “28”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto, all artist’s hand: upper centre edge, brown ink: “Pianta in Cima”; lower centre on plinth, graphite, difficult to read: “Peruga [?]”; left centre edge, underneath scale: “Scala di Pal: 2”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “£1.10.0 / Lot No. 1”; lower right corner, brown ink: “58”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “57”; upper right corner, graphite: “28”.
Collector's mark: none.
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