Seascape with sailing boats
Maker
(artist)
1633-1707
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
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
Keywords
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".
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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