Front elevation and half the ground plan of a column for the Villa Pamphili
Maker
Italy (Rome) mid-17th century (artist)
1625-1675
1625-1675
Title
Front elevation and half the ground plan of a column for the Villa Pamphili
Date of Production
1625 - 1675
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, laid down on a page from an album
Dimensions
Height: 38.6 cm
Width: 23.6 cm
Width: 23.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.74
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; 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: Watermark: left centre: circle - unable to see what it contains through support, Peter Bower suggested it might be a pilgrim, 17th-century.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "32"; lower right, graphite, erased: "£1[...] Lot 131[?] 32". Support (album page), Verso); upper right edge, graphite: "photo'd - no neg no"; upper left, graphite: "Aldobrandini and Pamphili arms."; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 74". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt's hand: "74 / ? for Villa Pamphili / cf 24?? For the circle of Algardi / or Giraldi [this last line crossed out] //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "32"; lower right, graphite, erased: "£1[...] Lot 131[?] 32". Support (album page), Verso); upper right edge, graphite: "photo'd - no neg no"; upper left, graphite: "Aldobrandini and Pamphili arms."; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 74". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt's hand: "74 / ? for Villa Pamphili / cf 24?? For the circle of Algardi / or Giraldi [this last line crossed out] //".
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