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Front elevation and half the ground plan of a column for the Villa Pamphili

Maker

Italy (Rome) mid-17th century (artist)
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

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] //".

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