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Seascape with sailing boats

Maker

(artist)
1633-1707

Title

Seascape with sailing boats

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, blue-grey wash, on laid paper, with brown ink and wash framing lines, laid down on card

Dimensions

Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1172

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

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Provenance

Henry Gay Hewlett, Kent (1832-1897); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 - 29 November 1922, lot 45; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1926-27

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink (slightly obscured by framing lines), signed with the artist's initials: "W. V. V. J". Verso: two ink inscriptions, one at upper left corner, the other at lower left of centre edge, illegible due to support and only just visible via transmitted light. Support (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, Witt number: "1172".

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