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Battle scene in landscape with bridge over a river (recto)

Maker

formerly attributed to
(artist)
1592-1667

Title

Battle scene in landscape with bridge over a river (recto)

Date of Production

1605 - 1667

Medium

black chalk, pen and grey-brown ink, grey-brown wash (recto), graphite? (verso) on laid paper, cut into an octagon, now laid down on Japanese tissue (this tissue prevents identification of media on the verso even with a microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 32.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1021

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

Frederick Richard Meatyard, London (1881-1966); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£2.05); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 130

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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