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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

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)

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

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".

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