Rocky and wooded landscape with figures
Maker
(artist)
1640-1723
1640-1723
Title
Rocky and wooded landscape with figures
Date of Production
3 September 1718
Medium
red chalk, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with black and brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 10.8 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Width: 16.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1078
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
Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864), L.2200; his sale, Philipps (London), 14 - 18 May 1838, lot 657; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1 8s); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Literature
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 73
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 126
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. no. 652
p. 185 ...More
cat. no. 73
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 126
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. no. 652
p. 185 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (L.2200). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left (within drawing), black ink, signed and dated by the artist: “A. Genoels oft Rooms / Archimedes. 3. Sept 1718. out 78”. Verso: centre, black chalk, faded and now illegible: “M[…]l / […]”; lower centre, graphite, erased, Witt number: “1078”; lower right corner, graphite: “19360”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (L.2200). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left (within drawing), black ink, signed and dated by the artist: “A. Genoels oft Rooms / Archimedes. 3. Sept 1718. out 78”. Verso: centre, black chalk, faded and now illegible: “M[…]l / […]”; lower centre, graphite, erased, Witt number: “1078”; lower right corner, graphite: “19360”.
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