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Two peasants, one seated reading a letter, the other looking on
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1611-1641
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Width: 15.7 cm
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Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968 ...More
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 01/06/1955-16/07/1955 ...Less
Literature
cat. no. 35
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 19
Illus. p. 21
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 52 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 69
Artists in 17th Century Rome, Wildenstein, London, 1955
cat. no. 10 ...Less
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Inscription: Recto: within drawing, right lower edge, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist, first two letters monogram: "ABoth P. / Roma / 1637". Verso: upper centre, brown ink, unclear: "N 6_" [? Not a paraph in Lugt]; lower right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A5848".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in brown ink: Carlos Gaa (L.538a); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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