Elevation for high altar of San Giuseppe, Florence, with unfinished half of plan
Maker
Italy (Florence) 17th century (artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Elevation for high altar of San Giuseppe, Florence, with unfinished half of plan
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass
Dimensions
Height: 34.7 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.82
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
Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); his sale, Spring 1973, lot. 55 (£80); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle with a border, containing a fleur-de-lis? (Difficult to see).
Inscription: Recto: on a strip added to the upper edge of the sheet, brown ink: "Disegno dell'altar Maggiore della Chiesa di S. Giuseppe detto il Crocione"; lower right, above scale, brown ink: "Scala di Br[acci]a sette Fiorentina" and the scale is numbered in brown ink from "1" to "7"; lower centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?, first letters monogram: "TB.TG.". Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "118-27 P C81 item 55 £80"; lower right corner, several lines in graphite now erased and mostly illegible (including under UV): "+ [...] TA[...] / S[...] //". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite: "P / C81 / item 55 / £80 / AAC 1 //"; graphite, Blunt's hand: "? For S Giuseppe, behind S. Croce, Florence".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: on a strip added to the upper edge of the sheet, brown ink: "Disegno dell'altar Maggiore della Chiesa di S. Giuseppe detto il Crocione"; lower right, above scale, brown ink: "Scala di Br[acci]a sette Fiorentina" and the scale is numbered in brown ink from "1" to "7"; lower centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?, first letters monogram: "TB.TG.". Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: "118-27 P C81 item 55 £80"; lower right corner, several lines in graphite now erased and mostly illegible (including under UV): "+ [...] TA[...] / S[...] //". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite: "P / C81 / item 55 / £80 / AAC 1 //"; graphite, Blunt's hand: "? For S Giuseppe, behind S. Croce, Florence".
Collector's mark: none.
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