Landscape with cottage and figures
Maker
Aarnout ter Himpel (artist)
1634-1686
1634-1686
Title
Landscape with cottage and figures
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, framed in black chalk oval lines, the corners outside of the pictorial area washed in grey, the whole sheet framed in brown ink
Dimensions
Height: 17.1 cm
Width: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1069
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: foolscap with seven points above a small triangle above three stacked circles (2.5 cm between chain lines; face too obscured by wash to further identify).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "A. Ter Himpel". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "/2330"12"; lower centre edge, brown ink, upside down, signed by the artist?: "A. tEr Himpel". Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, erased: "100 / [...] //"; lower right corner, graphite, Troutman's initials: "T.O. / Fine //". Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Verso: lower right, graphite: "Himpel / c/r m/r" [?]; lower right, brown ink: ".(1634- )".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "A. Ter Himpel". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "/2330"12"; lower centre edge, brown ink, upside down, signed by the artist?: "A. tEr Himpel". Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, erased: "100 / [...] //"; lower right corner, graphite, Troutman's initials: "T.O. / Fine //". Support (removed but mounted with the drawing), Verso: lower right, graphite: "Himpel / c/r m/r" [?]; lower right, brown ink: ".(1634- )".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________