Wall decoration scheme
Maker
(artist)
1648-1729
(draughtsman)
active second half of 18th century (Life dates)
(engraver)
ca. 1732-1776 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1648-1729
(draughtsman)
active second half of 18th century (Life dates)
(engraver)
ca. 1732-1776 (Life dates)
(publisher)
Title
Wall decoration scheme
Date of Production
1774
Medium
Ink on paper
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.869.3
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
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: None
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, black ink: “Marc: Ant: Franceschini inv”; lower centre edge, black ink: “Laur: Lorenzi delin:”; lower right edge, black ink: “Violantes Vanni Sculp:”; followed by a quotation from Tibullus, black ink: “Acer Amor fractas utinam tua tela Saggitas, //Scilicet extinctas aspiciamque faces. Tibull.”; lower left, black ink: “Gerini, Florence, 1774.”.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, black ink: “Marc: Ant: Franceschini inv”; lower centre edge, black ink: “Laur: Lorenzi delin:”; lower right edge, black ink: “Violantes Vanni Sculp:”; followed by a quotation from Tibullus, black ink: “Acer Amor fractas utinam tua tela Saggitas, //Scilicet extinctas aspiciamque faces. Tibull.”; lower left, black ink: “Gerini, Florence, 1774.”.
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