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Rocky and wooded landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

Zwollo, An, Hollandse en Vlaamse veduteschilders te Rome 1675-1725, Assen 1973
pp. 5-10 ...Less

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”.

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