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Front elevation of an altar

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1634-1714

Title

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, laid down on a page from an album

Dimensions

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.77

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: Recto, left centre: circle containing bird standing in profile above three small stacked hills, flanked by letters "A" and "N" [?].

Inscription: Recto: scale at lower centre edge numbered in brown ink: "10 20 30 40 50". Support (album page), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "60"; lower right corner, graphite, mostly erased and illegible: "£[...] / Lot [...] //"; lower right corner, graphite: "27". Support (album page), Verso: upper right edge, graphite: "photographed-no neg. no"; upper left, graphite, Blunt's hand: "?Fuga (RW)"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 77".

Collector's mark: none.

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