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Design for a quarter of a ceiling

Maker

Attributed to
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

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 //

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