Wall decoration scheme
Maker
(artist)
1607-1661
(draughtsman)
1721-after 1789 (Life dates)
(etcher)
1690-1770
1607-1661
(draughtsman)
1721-after 1789 (Life dates)
(etcher)
1690-1770
Title
Wall decoration scheme
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 63.3 cm (Plate)
Width: 40.5 cm (Plate)
Width: 40.5 cm (Plate)
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.893.6
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
Inscription: Recto: bottom centre, within the image, black ink: “La Fede, presso alla quale sta un Angelo col Volume aperto della Sacra Scrittura // addita al Magnifico Lorenzo il Cielo, da cui scendono copiosi raggi, dimostranti // che viene da esso la vera Sapienza , e ogni dono Vari Angeletti per l’aria tengono in mano // Regie ed Imperiali corone, e Tiare, alludenti alla Gloriosa Posteritá del medesimo // VI”; lower left edge, black ink: “Ottavio Vannini dipinse”; lower right edge, black ink: “Gio: Elia Morghen disegnó e scolpí”.
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