Design for an illusionistic ceiling
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1642-1709
(artist)
1642-1709
Title
Design for an illusionistic ceiling
Medium
graphite, red chalk on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a page from an album
Dimensions
Height: 32.4 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.87
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), January or February 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
Blunt, Anthony, 'Notes: Two architectural drawings by Andrea Pozzo' in 'Master Drawings', 1982 - pp. 22-24; 20
pp. 22-23
pl. 25
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1941
cat. no. 47
pp. 22-23
pl. 25
Architectural and decorative drawings, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1941
cat. no. 47
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "5"; upper right corner, brown ink: "54" or "59"; lower right, graphite: "200 / £ 500 Lot No. 3 //". Support (album page), Verso: lower right, graphite: "2"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 87 AAC 2 16". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt's hand: "v. Near Pozzo /cf plate 99."; graphite: "cat. No. 41 / 160 [this crossed out] //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Support (album page), Recto: upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "5"; upper right corner, brown ink: "54" or "59"; lower right, graphite: "200 / £ 500 Lot No. 3 //". Support (album page), Verso: lower right, graphite: "2"; lower left edge, graphite: "Blunt 87 AAC 2 16". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): graphite, Blunt's hand: "v. Near Pozzo /cf plate 99."; graphite: "cat. No. 41 / 160 [this crossed out] //".
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