Front elevation of an altar
Maker
(artist)
1700-1725
1700-1725
Title
Front elevation of an altar
Date of Production
1700 - 1725
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.79
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
Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: circle with a border containing a fleur-de-lis, surmounted by the letter "V" (close but not exact match to Heawood 1591 (Venice 1690) and 1592 (Rome 1739).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, above the opening, brown ink, artist's hand: "PRO CHRISTO". Scraps removed from mount, now in file, graphite, Blunt's hand: "cf Romano Carapecchia / (cf Courtauld volume p. 54 //"; "? Near Maddalene / (3 Pinto) //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, above the opening, brown ink, artist's hand: "PRO CHRISTO". Scraps removed from mount, now in file, graphite, Blunt's hand: "cf Romano Carapecchia / (cf Courtauld volume p. 54 //"; "? Near Maddalene / (3 Pinto) //".
Collector's mark: none.
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