Design for a chimney piece with Marcus Curtius jumping into the chasm opened in the Forum (recto)
Design for a double-headed eagle holding the imperial crown (verso)
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1609-1660
1600-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1609-1660
Title
Design for a chimney piece with Marcus Curtius jumping into the chasm opened in the Forum (recto)
Design for a double-headed eagle holding the imperial crown (verso)
Design for a double-headed eagle holding the imperial crown (verso)
Date of Production
(circa) 1600
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), graphite, pen and brown ink (verso - backing sheet), on laid paper, laid down, set into historic margins
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1984.AB.99
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
Alister Mathews, Bournemouth (1907-1985); purchased from him by Professor Anthony Blunt, London (1907-1983), n.d. (£90); Blunt Bequest via the Art Fund 1984
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper left edge, graphite: "2"; lower right corner, graphite, mostly hidden behind margins: "BP" [?]. Marginal support (historic), Recto: lower edge, graphite: "62-1* AGOSTINO MITELLI Bologna 1609-Madrid 1660". Marginal support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "3L"; lower left edge, graphite: "D.1984.AB.99".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper left edge, graphite: "2"; lower right corner, graphite, mostly hidden behind margins: "BP" [?]. Marginal support (historic), Recto: lower edge, graphite: "62-1* AGOSTINO MITELLI Bologna 1609-Madrid 1660". Marginal support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "3L"; lower left edge, graphite: "D.1984.AB.99".
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