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Design for a church, or tabernacle

Maker

(artist)
1675-1699

Title

Design for a church, or tabernacle

Date of Production

1675 - 1699

Medium

blind stylus, brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.84

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: centre: circle containing bird standing in profile on stop of three small stacked hills (no exact match in Heawood). Backing sheet (removed but still mounted with the drawing): centre: oval containing tree with three branches on each side ending in small circles, flanked by cascading peanut shapes (no match in Heawood under 'Coat-of-arms').

Inscription: Backing sheet (removed but still mounted with the drawing): whole sheet, printed in black ink, cut off at upper edge: "Qual chì morte desia di viver stanco. / Ma poi, rivolta in su'l virgineo fianco, / Veggio, che col suo Dio piange, e favella: / Con voce interna Egli la chiama, ed' Ella / Or lo tragge, or è tratta, e in lui vien manco. / Stringer la veggio il CROCIFISSO Amore, / Sembrando Lei, che le divine piante / Terse già col bel crine al pio Signore. / Così frà i casti amplessi, e frà le sante / Delizie di GESV', TERESA muore. / O bella morte, o fortunata Amante! / D'Eurindo Olimpiaco P.A. / IN ROMA, Nella Stamperia della Reuerenda Camera Apostolica MDCCIX. / CON LICENZA DE'SVPERIORI. //"; with added annotations in graphite: upper centre: "photo'd - no neg no"; lower left corner: "Blunt / 84 //"; lower left: "AAC 4".

Collector's mark: none.

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