An Angel and Putto mourning by an Urn
An Angel and Putto mourning by an Urn
An Angel and Putto mourning by an UrnPen and black ink and grey washes on laid paper39.6 by 22.6 cm., 15 ½ by 8 ¾ in.Provenance:Probably William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704-1793), his Executor's sale, Christie's, 7th April 1801, lot 66 (as Francesco Bartolozzi);With Louis Meier, circa 1955, where bought by Ralph Holland (1917-2012)A number of similar studies for funerary monuments by Wilton are in the Victoria and Albert Museum){kind=link}
Joseph Wilton, R.A. (1722-1803)
An Angel and Putto mourning by an Urn
Pen and black ink and grey washes on laid paper
39.6 by 22.6 cm., 15 ½ by 8 ¾ in.
Provenance:
Probably William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (1704-1793), his Executor's sale, Christie's, 7th April 1801, lot 66 (as Francesco Bartolozzi);
With Louis Meier, circa 1955, where bought by Ralph Holland (1917-2012)
A number of similar studies for funerary monuments by Wilton are in the Victoria and Albert Museum