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Architectural drawing of one of the gates of Paris

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Architectural drawing of one of the gates of Paris

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, executed using a ruler and compass, on two overlapping sheets of laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 33.3 cm

Accession Number

D.2003.XX.1

Mode of Acquisition

Allan Braham, gift, 14 July 2003

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

found in a book of Roman historical commentaries, formerly belonging to Guillaume de Lamoignon (1617-1677), by Paul Hetherington, London (b. 1934); given by him to Allan Braham, London, 1 June 1985; Braham Gift 2003

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper centre: small fleur-de-lis above letters in a banner “I?C”; Countermark: lower centre, fragment (as is on a separate sheet and thus cut off at the edge): coat-of-arms (similar to those in Heawood 3022 and 3023, though full mark not found there).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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