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Plans and elevations for an altar

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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.

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