Entrance to a fortified Italian town at the bottom of a hill; a landscape caprice: PD.8-1954

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Entrance to a fortified Italian town at the bottom of a hill; a landscape caprice

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Marchis, Alessio de (Attributed to)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: From the collection of Paul Sandby (1725-1809) (Lugt 2112); Aubrey Le Blond, his sale, Sotheby's, 9 July 1936, part of lot 38; with P. & D. Colnaghi, from whom bought by Sir Bruce Ingram (1877-1963) (Lugt 1405a)

Measurements and weight

Height: 189 mm
Width: 282 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954) by Ingram, Sir Bruce

Note

In both Italian and French Catalogues; see also Antoine Watteau and Vleughels

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Brown wash
Red wash
Red chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down, general creasing)

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Red chalk, red and brown wash on paper, with a line of red wash bordering it on all sides, laid down at corners

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.8-1954
Primary reference Number: 6817
Lugt: 2112
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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