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: 64.4 cm (Plate)
Width: 40.7 cm (Plate)
Width: 40.7 cm (Plate)
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.893.7
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: “Avendo il Magnifico Lorenzo istituita nel suo Giardino da S. Marco una Scuola // di Scultura Pittura e Architettura coll’indirizzo d’eccellenti Maestri, per fare in esse ottimi // Allievi, Michelagnolo Buonarroti giovinetto mostra al medisimo la testa di un Fauno che // quivi aveva scolpita in marmo senza guida di maestro, onde si merita l’amore e la protezione di esso // VII”; lower left edge, black ink: “Ottavio Vannini dipinse”; lower centre edge, black ink: “Gio: Elia Morghen disegnó”; lower right edge, black ink: “F. Polanzani sculp. Romae”.
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