Design for a quarter of a ceiling
Maker
Attributed to
Andrea Urbani (artist)
1711-1798
Andrea Urbani (artist)
1711-1798
Title
Design for a quarter of a ceiling
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 42 cm
Width: 35 cm
Width: 35 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.90
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); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: a heart-shape with feathering labelled "GONE" [not found in Churchill or Heawood].
Inscription: Recto: both in brown ink, artist's hand: within the drawing at lower right: "argento"; along lower edge: "fondi verdasti cioè cartelle, e poi p pmo Lume terra gialla chiara, e poi Luma di chiari schieti a Loco a Loco". Verso: right centre edge, graphite: “SL[?]aufman” and below that in graphite: “21 ¾ x 15 ¾”; lower left edge, graphite: “178-21=272”.
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Inscribed / 178-27=222 / D.1984.AB.90 / Attrib. Urbani / Venice / 18th century / P / item 130, 85 (encircled) / £120 //
Inscription: Recto: both in brown ink, artist's hand: within the drawing at lower right: "argento"; along lower edge: "fondi verdasti cioè cartelle, e poi p pmo Lume terra gialla chiara, e poi Luma di chiari schieti a Loco a Loco". Verso: right centre edge, graphite: “SL[?]aufman” and below that in graphite: “21 ¾ x 15 ¾”; lower left edge, graphite: “178-21=272”.
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Inscribed / 178-27=222 / D.1984.AB.90 / Attrib. Urbani / Venice / 18th century / P / item 130, 85 (encircled) / £120 //
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