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Study of five entablatures and architectural ornament (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

After
(artist)
1500-1583

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1550 - 1570

Medium

pen and ink (brown), wash (brown) on paper, with old mount cover

Dimensions

Height: 21.4 cm
Width: 16 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.8

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

Label Text

This sheet by an artist of the Roman school, possibly copied after an engraving, shows the different orders of classical architecture seen from below. Interest in the ancient building tradition had been stimulated by the writings of the architect Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1564), who sought to reconstruct classical orders for use by Renaissance architects. The satyr’s mask included on the drawing could be used as a decorative element, such as that seen in the entablature for a rotunda at the top of the sheet.

Provenance

James Hugh Smith-Barry, Marbury Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (1746?-1801); by descent to Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, Lord Barrymore, Marbury Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (1843-1925); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 21 June 1933; Jona Baron von Ustinov, London (1892-1962); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), 1941; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Exhibition History

Special Display - Renaissance drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/2009-20/05/2009

Inscriptions

Inscription: capua

Inscription: A. Tibur

Inscription: A Sto Salvatore delle cipelle / sula piaccia .R. //

Inscription: A Tivli alla vila .A.

Inscription: Diocliciane in .R.

Inscription: R

Inscription: fuora porta pinciana .R.

Inscription: .R.

Inscription: .R.

Inscription: A capua

Stamp: M.C. E. 33.

Inscription: 45

Inscription: Barrymore Coll/ Marbury Hall, Northwich, Cheshire / Sotheby, 21.6.33 ?Cat 2 //

Inscription: [downward-pointing arrow]5

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