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Winged figure standing on a sphere, holding a tablet

Maker

(artist)
1488-1560

(etcher)
1553-1615

Title

Winged figure standing on a sphere, holding a tablet

Date of Production

1590

Medium

etching

Dimensions

Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3327

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords








Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); presented by him to the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1945; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library 1990

Exhibition History

Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Acquisition of Genius, Plymouth & Devon & England, 21/11/2009-21/02/2010

Literature

Sir Joshua Reynolds: the acquisition of genius, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 2009
no. 57
ill. on p. 131
see attached PDF

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left & recto : on tablet held by figure : Ill.mo Chiapppino / Vitellis/ Bonarum artium fauctori / Patronoq. Amplissimo / Cherubinus Albertus hac / fabularum comenta a / Polidoro Caravagio peni / cillo illustrata atq. a se in / aere incisa nuncupat dicat. / Anno MDLXXXX

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left of image & recto : : Cum privilegio / Summi Pontificis.

Inscription: inscription : typed : on mount : later Witt inscription : C. ALBERTI //

Inscription: stamped : ink : verso : collector's stamp of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364) :

Inscription: inscription: left bottom & recto : cum privilegio summi pontificis; inscription on tablet: Il Mio Chiappins vitellis Bonarum artium fauctori patronog Amplissimo Cheubinus Albertus hac fabularum comenta a Polidoro Caravagis peni tilio illustrata atqa sein aere incisa nuneurat dient anno CDDLXXXX

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