Mountain landscape with river
Maker
Style of
(Artists)
1560-1631
(Artists)
1560-1631
Title
Mountain landscape with river
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.7 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1001
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); his estate sale, Phillips (auction house), London, 5-26 March 1798, lot 362, [as per L.3016a on verso of historic mount, now removed and stored separately]; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, before November 1927 [when he lent it to Berlin exhibition] (£8); Witt Bequest, 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More
Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More
Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less
Literature
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 41
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132
Erdmann, Kurt, Repertorium for Kunstwissenschaft, 1928; XLIX
Illus. p. 218, abb. 6 ...More
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 556
Sotheby's (New York), Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, 25 January, 2023.
cat. no. 3 ...Less
cat. no. 41
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132
Erdmann, Kurt, Repertorium for Kunstwissenschaft, 1928; XLIX
Illus. p. 218, abb. 6 ...More
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 556
Sotheby's (New York), Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, 25 January, 2023.
cat. no. 3 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: Arms of Amsterdam (type B) (according to Peter Bower, first appears in 1680s).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: right centre, graphite: "Momper fecit". Historic mount, now removed and stored separately: Recto, lower centre and lower left, graphite: 211 / 1001 Pen & bistre heightened in blue; Verso, lower centre edge, red ink, L.3016a: Lot 362.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: right centre, graphite: "Momper fecit". Historic mount, now removed and stored separately: Recto, lower centre and lower left, graphite: 211 / 1001 Pen & bistre heightened in blue; Verso, lower centre edge, red ink, L.3016a: Lot 362.
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