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Design for the decoration of a room, Palazzo Ducale, Modena

Maker

Attributed to
Enrico Haffner (artist)
1640-1702

Title

Design for the decoration of a room, Palazzo Ducale, Modena

Date of Production

(circa) 1696

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down so that the left and lower right edges are made up (recto), graphite and pen and brown ink (verso - backing sheet)

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 24.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1984.AB.98

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

C. Apcher (London); purchased there by Professor Anthony Blunt (1907-1983), n.d.; Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, artist's hand: a scale numbered from "1" to "17". Verso (backing sheet): on remnant of removed backing, green crayon, very small: "67" or "69" [?]. Historic mount: upper left, black marker pen: "Domenico FONTANA / Design for a Wall"; centre, black marker pen, circled: "623"; left, graphite (Blunt's hand?): "N Italian c.1730-40 / Fleur-de-lis may be Este (Modena) / ? Enrico Haffner / Design for the Salone of the / Palazzo Ducale at Modena (1696) / a lithograph by Crespi (add to ..[illegible]..) / It could be Pamphili, but were they active as late as this?"; upper right, black marker pen: "U"; upper right, graphite: "1989 / UZZ / £135" Modern mount: Recto: lower right, graphite: "From AB's notes on backing: / Design for the Salone of the Pal. / Ducale at Modena (1696) / Fleur-de-lis may be Este (Modena) / Could be Pamphili? //" and "North Italian / Ex Domenico Fontana / ? Enrico Haffner //".

Collector's mark: none.

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