Design for an iron balcony
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Design for an iron balcony
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, yellow and grey wash, with prickmarks, on laid paper, the upper edge ragged and the right edge deckle
Dimensions
Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.97
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
iron (metal)
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: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, artist's hand, measurement: "B383"; centre right, graphite, artist's hand: "Alteza della patina B285 + [tilde over “+”] e mezo quarto / Alteza del piantone tuto Longo B289 + [tilde over “+”] / Alteza del Diantone [the 'D' altered from a 'B'] con maya di Longeza B288 //"; upper right edge, graphite, cut off: "I[...]". Verso: lower right edge, graphite: "P 51-18*". Mount (historic), Recto: centre (under drawing), graphite: "design / for / gate //"; lower left, graphite: "51-18*"; lower centre, graphite: "Italian / 18th / century //"; lower right, graphite: "C75 / item 133 / £12 / P //". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "97"; lower left corner, graphite: "917".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, graphite, artist's hand, measurement: "B383"; centre right, graphite, artist's hand: "Alteza della patina B285 + [tilde over “+”] e mezo quarto / Alteza del piantone tuto Longo B289 + [tilde over “+”] / Alteza del Diantone [the 'D' altered from a 'B'] con maya di Longeza B288 //"; upper right edge, graphite, cut off: "I[...]". Verso: lower right edge, graphite: "P 51-18*". Mount (historic), Recto: centre (under drawing), graphite: "design / for / gate //"; lower left, graphite: "51-18*"; lower centre, graphite: "Italian / 18th / century //"; lower right, graphite: "C75 / item 133 / £12 / P //". Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "97"; lower left corner, graphite: "917".
Collector's mark: none.
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