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Plan and elevation for an altar, incorporating a niche with a statue of a saint holding a crosier and chalice

Maker

(artist)
1675-1699

Title

Date of Production

1675 - 1699

Medium

graphite, black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper (now very brown), laid down on two sheets of laid paper joined together (page from an album), executed using a ruler and compass (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 45.8 cm
Width: 32.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.65

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 30; 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): upper centre: circle with double border containing a fleur-de-lis.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, on plaque at upper centre, graphite: “EXVLT. / SANCTI / IM / GLOR”; lower right edge, brown ink: scale labelled “x” at the midway point. Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: “£2.10.0 / Lot No. 30”; lower right corner, brown ink: “14”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “13.”; upper right corner, graphite: “31”.

Collector's mark: none.

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