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Design for an illusionistic ceiling

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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

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

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] //".

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