River landscape
Maker
Paolo Anesi (artist)
1690-1773
1690-1773
Title
River landscape
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown and grey-blue wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount, with traces of brown ink framing lines mostly trimmed away
Dimensions
Height: 10.3 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Accession Number
D.2001.XX.4
Mode of Acquisition
George Zarnecki, gift, 2001 (February)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Nathaniel Hillier, London (1707-1783); Fritz Saxl (1890-1948); given by him to Miss Rhoda Welsford, London (1894-1975); bequeathed by her to George Zarnecki (1915-2008), 1975; Zarnecki Gift 2001
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: Paolo Anisi.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: With best wishes for your recovery / from F. Saxl .
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, pen and ink (brown), very small: N 12050.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: Miss Wellsford / Courtauld Inst. / [...] from .
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, pen and brown ink, very small, same hand as at upper left: Originale di Paolo Anisi, Romano, Fatto in Firenza. / N. 25 [...] 24 87 .
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, brown ink: out of Mr. Hillier's Collectn..
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: along right lower edge, graphite: not in Zani or Thieme Becker.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (hidden under mount, visible via transmitted light but difficult to read): upper centre, brown ink: [...] Paolo Anesi / [...] / Firenze.
Inscription: Frame (now missing, recorded in photo and inscription now in object file), blue ink, Blunt's name crossed out and Zarnecki's written above it in black ink, Rhoda Wellsford's hand:Given to me by F. Saxl / for Anthony Blunt [this crossed out] G. Zarnecki .
Inscription: Frame (missing, recorded in photo and now in object file), black ink, Zarnecki's hand: Paolo Anesi (not Anisi) / 18th c. painter in Rome. / R. Welsford intended to give [this crossed out] / leave this drawing to A. Blunt / but changed her mind & left it to me .
Inscription: Frame (missing, recorded in photo and now in object file), blue ballpoint, Zarnecki's hand:Left to me by Rhoda Welsford, 1975. / G.Z. .
Watermark: none in the drawing sheet. A small mark visible in the lower centre of the support, but so obscured that it is likely on a middle sheet sandwiched between others to form the mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: With best wishes for your recovery / from F. Saxl .
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left, pen and ink (brown), very small: N 12050.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, graphite: Miss Wellsford / Courtauld Inst. / [...] from .
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, pen and brown ink, very small, same hand as at upper left: Originale di Paolo Anisi, Romano, Fatto in Firenza. / N. 25 [...] 24 87 .
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, brown ink: out of Mr. Hillier's Collectn..
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: along right lower edge, graphite: not in Zani or Thieme Becker.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (hidden under mount, visible via transmitted light but difficult to read): upper centre, brown ink: [...] Paolo Anesi / [...] / Firenze.
Inscription: Frame (now missing, recorded in photo and inscription now in object file), blue ink, Blunt's name crossed out and Zarnecki's written above it in black ink, Rhoda Wellsford's hand:Given to me by F. Saxl / for Anthony Blunt [this crossed out] G. Zarnecki .
Inscription: Frame (missing, recorded in photo and now in object file), black ink, Zarnecki's hand: Paolo Anesi (not Anisi) / 18th c. painter in Rome. / R. Welsford intended to give [this crossed out] / leave this drawing to A. Blunt / but changed her mind & left it to me .
Inscription: Frame (missing, recorded in photo and now in object file), blue ballpoint, Zarnecki's hand:Left to me by Rhoda Welsford, 1975. / G.Z. .
Watermark: none in the drawing sheet. A small mark visible in the lower centre of the support, but so obscured that it is likely on a middle sheet sandwiched between others to form the mount.
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