Rocky landscape with road
Maker
(artist)
1587-1658
1587-1658
Title
Rocky landscape with road
Date of Production
1600 - 1658
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Width: 31.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1104
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
Johann Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (1722-1785), L.2987 [not evident in his sale catalogue of 1833]; L.X. Lannoy sale, R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), 19-28 May 1925, lot 509; sale of 'Property of a Gentleman', Sotheby’s (London), 16 March 1927, lot 51 (with RW.2280); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (16 shillings for both); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
p. 128
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre, traced on the verso in black chalk: Arms of Berne. Possibly a match or variant of Churchil 280, dated 1650.
Inscription: Verso: left centre, graphite: "D. Van Nieulandt"; lower centre, graphite, circled: "16"; lower left, graphite: "E"; lower left, graphite: ""n/c" written over partially erased "[...]nland de Jonge"; lower left, graphite: "f,co.-"; lower centre edge, dark brown ink: "No. 94. / De Junghe Nieulandt"; lower right, graphite: "Lot 51 / W. van Nieulant ['t' written over 'd'] geb 1584".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: left centre, graphite: "D. Van Nieulandt"; lower centre, graphite, circled: "16"; lower left, graphite: "E"; lower left, graphite: ""n/c" written over partially erased "[...]nland de Jonge"; lower left, graphite: "f,co.-"; lower centre edge, dark brown ink: "No. 94. / De Junghe Nieulandt"; lower right, graphite: "Lot 51 / W. van Nieulant ['t' written over 'd'] geb 1584".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right 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.
____________________________