Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives

c. 1800

French or Italian 18th Century

Associated Names
Italian 18th Century

Artist

French 18th Century

Artist

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall (circular): 32.5 x 32.5 cm (12 13/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
    mount: 42.8 x 40.6 cm (16 7/8 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.75.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Mewes; (W.R. Jeudwine, 1968); (Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, L'Art Ancien (W.R. Jeudwine), London, 1968, no. 97.

Bibliography

1989

  • Fuhring, Peter. Design into Art, Drawings for Architecture and Ornaments, The Lodewijk Houthakker Collection. London, 1989: no. 451.

Inscriptions

on mount, lower center verso printed: CH. MEWES Arch

Wikidata ID

Q64570850

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