Landscape with ruins and figures
Maker
(artist)
1594-1667
1594-1667
Title
Landscape with ruins and figures
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
red and white chalk with stumping (an offset?) on blue laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Width: 26.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1198
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
William Bateson, London (1861-1926), L.2604a; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 April 1939, lot 34; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£1.25); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...More
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...Less
Literature
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 56
Illus. p. 137
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 28
cat. no. 56
Illus. p. 137
Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 28
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “269”. Verso (now hidden under Japanese tissue, reliant on notes in file): lower right, graphite, circled, removed during conservation: “D1506” [?]; graphite, Witt’s hand: “1198”; red chalk: “B.55/C.Poelen[…]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: William Bateson (L.2604a).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “269”. Verso (now hidden under Japanese tissue, reliant on notes in file): lower right, graphite, circled, removed during conservation: “D1506” [?]; graphite, Witt’s hand: “1198”; red chalk: “B.55/C.Poelen[…]”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: William Bateson (L.2604a).
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