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Men and dog on a path above a waterfall in a forest

Maker

After
(artist)
ca. 1555 - ca. 1609 (Life dates)

After
(artist)
1576-1639

Attributed to
(artist)
1567-1624

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1570-1613

Title

Date of Production

1580 - 1624

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 19.7 cm
Width: 30.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1128

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

Label Text

Tiny figures at left and in the centre underscore the colossal scale of the trees in this wild forest. This drawing appears to copy an engraving by the Flemish printmaker Aegidius Sadeler after a drawing by Roelandt Savery. The use of wash afforded the artist possibilities for subtle shading and dramatic lighting, particularly on the trunk of the bent tree at right, which were more difficult to achieve in an engraving.

Provenance

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Regarding Trees, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2016-25/09/2016

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Literature

Ter Molen, J.R., Van Vianen, een Utrechtse familie van zilversmeden met een internationale faam, 2 vols., 1984
vol. II, p. 73, no. 365

Gerszi, Teréz, Paulus van Vianen: Handzeichnungen, Hanau 1982
no. F.7. on p. 220
Illus. pl. 135

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 39 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: "H" (Peter Bower had no further information on this mark).

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "pi:-:-"; centre, graphite, partially abraded by removal of a former backing sheet or support and therefore difficult to read: "Paulaus van Viand / na R Savrÿ". Mount (removed, in box from P&D), Recto: lower right, graphite: “Step hanús na Savrie”; lower right, dark brown ink: “R: Xavery”. Mount (removed, in box from P&D), Verso: centre, graphite, very faded: “AH”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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