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Two sailing barges on a choppy sea

Maker

(artist)
1633-1707

Title

Two sailing barges on a choppy sea

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash, on laid paper, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 21.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1083

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



barges (ships' boats)


Provenance

William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1834; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£1.25); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed with the artist's initials?: "W.V.V.". Verso: upper left corner, graphite: "C V V Y"; upper centre, brown ink, monogram, first letters backwards?: "EN." (not in Lugt); lower left, graphite, underlined: "afr"; lower centre, graphite: "2/6 [?]"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "1083"; lower left, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1834 WE 12x".

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