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Design for part of a ceiling decoration

Maker

Italy (Bologna) early 18th century (artist)
1700-1725

Formerly attributed to
Angelo Michele Colonna (artist)
1600-1687

Title

Design for part of a ceiling decoration

Date of Production

1700 - 1725

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, executed using a ruler and compass

Dimensions

Height: 28.3 cm
Width: 17 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.92

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

anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 30 September 1975, lot 43 (as by Angelo Michele Colonna); purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984 [annotated sale catalogue in Blunt Archives, Special Collections, box 499]

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: scrollwork above letters "G R" (no match found in Heawood, Piccard, or Churchill).

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite: "827".

Label: photocopy of old mount: "95; It. Sc. 18th c./(Bologna)/Christi. 23. xi. 1971/In. 317"

Collector's mark: none.

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