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Stage design - perspective view of an interior

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Stage design - perspective view of an interior

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 25.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.94

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

Marcello Aldega (Rome); given by him to Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), February 1979; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Exhibition History

Scenes and Stages - Creating Architectural Illusion, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-27/07/2008

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, cut off: scrollwork around an oval (no match in Heawood or Piccard).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: calculations all in brown ink and same hand: upper left of centre: "92:9 / 6:16 / [sum line] / 98:5 //"; left of centre: "35 / 43:15 / [sum line] / 78:15 //"; lower left of centre: "286:15 / 78:15 / [sum line] 365:10 //"; lower left and right edge, graphite, inv. no and former location: "D.1984.AB.94" and "39/10". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), Recto: lower right, graphite, William Bradford’s hand, former location and inv. no.: "39/10 / Blunt 94. //". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), Verso: upper left, graphite, circled, inv. no.: "94"; upper centre, graphite, Blunt's hand: "given to me by Marcello Aldega / Rome Feby 1979 / AFB //"; upper right, graphite, Blunt's hand: "Tesi?"; lower left, graphite, upside down: "16129 / TU / CCU //".

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