Design for a wall decoration with the arms of the Medici with the grand ducal cornet
Maker
Attributed to
Mauro Soderini (artist)
1704-1745
Attributed to
Francesco Soderini (artist)
1673-1735
Mauro Soderini (artist)
1704-1745
Attributed to
Francesco Soderini (artist)
1673-1735
Title
Design for a wall decoration with the arms of the Medici with the grand ducal cornet
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Width: 27.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.72
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: Watermark: centre: circle containing a bull in profile with horns (similar but not exact match to Heawood 18 - London 1685).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Soderini Fiorentino". Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: "Soderini pitore Firentino."; right centre, graphite: "17"; lower right, graphite, circled: "91"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 72". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt’s hand: “In on verso / Soderini pitore Fiorentino + on recto (later hand) / Probably (Mauro Soderini (1704-after 1739) / but possibly by his father) Francesco (1673-1735) / cf Foggini, Uffizi exh 1977, No. 69 (for source of style) //”; graphite: “Neg. 570/43/19”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Soderini Fiorentino". Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: "Soderini pitore Firentino."; right centre, graphite: "17"; lower right, graphite, circled: "91"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 72". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt’s hand: “In on verso / Soderini pitore Fiorentino + on recto (later hand) / Probably (Mauro Soderini (1704-after 1739) / but possibly by his father) Francesco (1673-1735) / cf Foggini, Uffizi exh 1977, No. 69 (for source of style) //”; graphite: “Neg. 570/43/19”.
Collector's mark: none.
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