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Design for an altar

Maker

Italy (North) late 16th century (artist)
1575-1599

Title

Design for an altar

Date of Production

1575 - 1599

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler

Dimensions

Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.81

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: drawing in file, a foot? Unclear and drawing is too fragile to turn.

Collector's mark: none on recto, unable to turn drawing to check verso.

Inscription: Scrap of paper, removed from mount? Now in file: graphite, Blunt’s hand: "Giulio Campi".

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