Battle scene in landscape with bridge over a river (recto)
Maker
formerly attributed to
(artist)
1592-1667
(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
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
p. 130
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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