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Plan and front elevation for an altar

Maker

(artist)
1700-1725

Title

Plan and front elevation for an altar

Date of Production

(circa) 1700

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass

Dimensions

Height: 40 cm
Width: 28 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.76

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: centre: circle with border containing fleur-de-lis, Peter Bower confirmed the identity and that it is 17th-century.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "£2.10.0 / Lot 2 //". Verso (hidden under Japanese tissue): upper left corner, brown ink: "7". Support (album page, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: "29". Support (album page, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: upper right corner, graphite: "photographed / no neg. no. //"; upper centre, graphite, Blunt's hand: "cf Side altars in Chiesa Nuova / (no doors) //"; lower left, graphite: "Blunt 76".

Collector's mark: none.

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