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Rocky landscape
Maker
(artist)
1554-1626
1554-1626
Title
Rocky landscape
Date of Production
1607
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper (examined under microscope)
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Width: 27.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1030
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
Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart de Moligny, comte de Saint-Morys (1743-1795), L. 474; by descent to his son, Charles Étienne de Bourgevin Vialart, Comte de Carrière (1772–1817); his sale, Phillips (London), 10-14 June 1797, possibly lot 68 on 12 June or 56 on 14 June [t is possible that they reappeared at a later auction in 1799, lot 62 (see https://masterdrawings.org/?ddownload=31660, p. 37. Lot 62 included 11 undistinguished landscapes]); Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), L. 2445; William Esdaile (1758-1837), L. 2617; his sale, Christie's (London), 18 June 1840, lot 580 ("Paul Bril. A mountainous landscape, pen and bistre"); purchased there by Grove (?) (4 shillings, together with lot 579); Williams & Sutch (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), before November 1927 [when he lent it to the Royal Academy exhibition] (8 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
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
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
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
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
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
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
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
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
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
Jacoby, Joachim, Die Zeichnungen von Adam Elsheimer. Kritischer Katalog, Stadel Museum 2008
p. 50
fig. 26 on p. 49
Cappelletti, Francesca, Paul Bril e la pittura di paesaggio a Roma 1580-1630, Rome, 2006
p. 261 under no. 83
Ruby, Louisa Wood, Paul Bril: the drawings, Brepols 1999
no. 56 and pp. 126, 150 note 547
pl. 61 ...More
Fransen, Hans, Michaelis Collection. The Old Town House, Cape Town. Catalogue of the Collection of Paintings and Drawings, Zwolle, 1996
p. 176 under no. D5
Da Van Heemskerck a Van Wittel: disegni fiamminghi e olandesi del XVI-XVII secolo dalle collezioni del Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch and stituto nazionale per la grafica, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe, Roma, 1992-93
under no. 13
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 13
pp. 34, 173
ill. p. 35
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 4
ill. p. 33
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 16
ill. p. 29
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 22
Burnett, D., The drawings of Paul Bril, University of London, PhD thesis 1974
no. 63 and under no. 74
fig. 42
Faggin, Giorgio T., 'Per Paolo Bril' in 'Paragone', July 1965; 185
pp. 23, 35
pl. 26
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 37
ill. p. 19
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 54
pl. 3b
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 16
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 82
Baer, Rudolf, Gesicherten Handzeichnungen P Brils, Munich 1930
pp. 49, 97
ill.
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 541 ...Less
p. 50
fig. 26 on p. 49
Cappelletti, Francesca, Paul Bril e la pittura di paesaggio a Roma 1580-1630, Rome, 2006
p. 261 under no. 83
Ruby, Louisa Wood, Paul Bril: the drawings, Brepols 1999
no. 56 and pp. 126, 150 note 547
pl. 61 ...More
Fransen, Hans, Michaelis Collection. The Old Town House, Cape Town. Catalogue of the Collection of Paintings and Drawings, Zwolle, 1996
p. 176 under no. D5
Da Van Heemskerck a Van Wittel: disegni fiamminghi e olandesi del XVI-XVII secolo dalle collezioni del Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch and stituto nazionale per la grafica, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe, Roma, 1992-93
under no. 13
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 13
pp. 34, 173
ill. p. 35
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 4
ill. p. 33
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 16
ill. p. 29
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 22
Burnett, D., The drawings of Paul Bril, University of London, PhD thesis 1974
no. 63 and under no. 74
fig. 42
Faggin, Giorgio T., 'Per Paolo Bril' in 'Paragone', July 1965; 185
pp. 23, 35
pl. 26
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 37
ill. p. 19
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 54
pl. 3b
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 16
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 82
Baer, Rudolf, Gesicherten Handzeichnungen P Brils, Munich 1930
pp. 49, 97
ill.
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 541 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), centre: crowned shield with diagonal bend containing bear passant (similar to Churchill 280 -1650, arms of Berne, watermark of Dürring).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: “Pauuels bril 1607 11”; lower right edge, brown ink: “Roma”; lower right corner, dark graphite: “11”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: centre, graphite: “29”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “box from S Ths Lawrence's coll.n Paul Bril”; lower left, graphite: “TH”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower right, stamped in black ink, faint and possibly an imitation?: Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys (L.474). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto, lower left edge, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617), with inscribed year “1834”.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: “Pauuels bril 1607 11”; lower right edge, brown ink: “Roma”; lower right corner, dark graphite: “11”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: centre, graphite: “29”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “box from S Ths Lawrence's coll.n Paul Bril”; lower left, graphite: “TH”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower right, stamped in black ink, faint and possibly an imitation?: Charles Paul Jean-Baptiste Bourgevin Vialart de Saint-Morys (L.474). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto, lower left edge, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617), with inscribed year “1834”.
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