Design for an altar
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Design for an altar
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, executed using a ruler and compass, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 41.4 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.75
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: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite, faded and mostly illegible: "St Si[...]"; upper right corner, brown ink: "31"; upper centre, graphite: "9" or "g"; left centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "22 1/2"; lower centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "9 1/2" above a scale numbered "2" to "12". Verso (backing sheet): upper right, graphite, underlined and supralined: "4"; right centre, graphite: "grey"; on strip added to right edge, at lower right corner, graphite: "89 on v.o / cf mount / No neg. no / Blunt 75 / Roman / C18 / 48 //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, graphite, faded and mostly illegible: "St Si[...]"; upper right corner, brown ink: "31"; upper centre, graphite: "9" or "g"; left centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "22 1/2"; lower centre, brown ink, artist's hand: "9 1/2" above a scale numbered "2" to "12". Verso (backing sheet): upper right, graphite, underlined and supralined: "4"; right centre, graphite: "grey"; on strip added to right edge, at lower right corner, graphite: "89 on v.o / cf mount / No neg. no / Blunt 75 / Roman / C18 / 48 //".
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