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Design for a coulisse, with trophies and a ceremonial carriage

Maker

(artist)
1700-1799

Title

Design for a coulisse, with trophies and a ceremonial carriage

Date of Production

1700 - 1750

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines on three sides, executed using a ruler

Dimensions

Height: 36.4 cm
Width: 15.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.95

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

coulisses

ceremonial objects
Trophies (Architectural ornaments)

Provenance

anonymous sale, Christie's (London), 23 November 1971, lot 317; purchased there by Eric Hebborn (1934-1996) on behalf of Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983); 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

Literature

Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 30 April - 31 May 1991, Drawings by the Bibiena Family and their followers, 1991
under lot 3
fig. 1 under lot 3

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: circle containing indistinct marks - perhaps a fleur-de-lis.

Label: photocopy from back of old mount: "SK 73/92/ (14"

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, artist's hand, cut off at left edge: "[...]roffei Troffei / [...]ffei Troffei //". Marks on verso very small in brown ink, could be inscription but obscured by remnant of old adhesive. Also some circular marks, not found in Lugt. Verso: lower right, graphite, unclear: "guiseppe"; lower centre, graphite, incorrect or former Blunt number: "D.1984.AB.92".

Collector's mark: none.

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