Perspective drawing and plan of the fountain of the Cortile del Belvedere
Maker
After
Carlo Maderno (artist)
1555-1629
Carlo Maderno (artist)
1555-1629
Title
Perspective drawing and plan of the fountain of the Cortile del Belvedere
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 42.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.73
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
C. Apcher (London); purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "853."; upper centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "fontana Alta nel teatro o Cortile di Belvedere, A alla Fino à 35. P[ie]d[i]". Verso: lower left, graphite, mostly erased and hard to read: "19 53" [?]; lower right, graphite: "DM 336". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt’s hand: “Fontana Alta nel teatro o Cortile di Belvedere, dalla / A alla – no à 35.pd. //”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "853."; upper centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "fontana Alta nel teatro o Cortile di Belvedere, A alla Fino à 35. P[ie]d[i]". Verso: lower left, graphite, mostly erased and hard to read: "19 53" [?]; lower right, graphite: "DM 336". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt’s hand: “Fontana Alta nel teatro o Cortile di Belvedere, dalla / A alla – no à 35.pd. //”.
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