Design for an altar with a Crucifixion and Saints Peter and Paul
Maker
(artist)
1500-1599
1500-1599
Title
Design for an altar with a Crucifixion and Saints Peter and Paul
Date of Production
(circa) 1570
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on brown-prepared laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, laid down on a page from an album
Dimensions
Height: 36.3 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.85
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
from an album compiled and partly drawn by Pier Leone Ghezzi, Rome (1674-1755), probably mid-18th century (several sheets in the Blunt collection belonged to this album); probably Christie’s (London), 1939-41; Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), 1941; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Exhibition History
The Sir Anthony Blunt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1964 (February)
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 30/01/1941-28/02/1941
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 30/01/1941-28/02/1941
Literature
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1941
cat. no. 22
cat. no. 22
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "88"; lower right edge, graphite: "£3.10.0 Lot No. 3". Support (album page), Verso: upper centre, graphite, underlined and supralined: "3"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 85". Scraps removed from mount, now in file: graphite: "page from / note book / no. 88. //"; graphite, Blunt's hand: "15 / Saints in niche Peter + Paul / N. Italian c. 1570 //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "88"; lower right edge, graphite: "£3.10.0 Lot No. 3". Support (album page), Verso: upper centre, graphite, underlined and supralined: "3"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 85". Scraps removed from mount, now in file: graphite: "page from / note book / no. 88. //"; graphite, Blunt's hand: "15 / Saints in niche Peter + Paul / N. Italian c. 1570 //".
Collector's mark: none.
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________