Plan and front elevation for an altar
Maker
(artist)
1700-1725
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
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.
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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