Design for an arch with arms of Urban VIII, and with allegorical figures of Vice and Virtue
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Design for an arch with arms of Urban VIII, and with allegorical figures of Vice and Virtue
Date of Production
1623 - 1644
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper, laid down, executed using a ruler and compass, with framing lines in graphite and brown ink mostly trimmed away
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.70
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
Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: "Allegorical figure? Vice (l) + Virtue (r) / Arm of Urban VIII Occasio".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: "Allegorical figure? Vice (l) + Virtue (r) / Arm of Urban VIII Occasio".
Collector's mark: none.
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