Design for an altar incorporating a painting of the Madonna of the Rosary and two female saints
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Design for an altar incorporating a painting of the Madonna of the Rosary and two female saints
Date of Production
1680 - 1700
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey-brown wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 36.8 cm
Width: 24.6 cm
Width: 24.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.78
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: Support (album page), left centre: circle containing a fleur-de-lis, above the letter "B" (similar to the countermark of Heawood 1572 (Rome 1713) but with the "B" below rather than above).
Inscription: Support (album page, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: upper right, brown ink: "3"; lower right corner, graphite, mostly erased and illegible: "Lot [...] I / £2.10 //"; written over the previous inscription, graphite: "30". Support (album page, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, Blunt's hand: "?? Neapolitan / near early Solimena (cf drawing of like Apotheosis of a Saint at the Shipman Gally / identified by Vitzthum as S's earliest drawing). //"; upper left, graphite: "C / photo'd- / no neg. no //"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 78". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt's hand: "? Carapecchia".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: upper right, brown ink: "3"; lower right corner, graphite, mostly erased and illegible: "Lot [...] I / £2.10 //"; written over the previous inscription, graphite: "30". Support (album page, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: upper centre edge, graphite, Blunt's hand: "?? Neapolitan / near early Solimena (cf drawing of like Apotheosis of a Saint at the Shipman Gally / identified by Vitzthum as S's earliest drawing). //"; upper left, graphite: "C / photo'd- / no neg. no //"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 78". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt's hand: "? Carapecchia".
Collector's mark: none.
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