Synod held in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (from 'Scenes de la vie Juive')
Maker
(artist)
1673-1733
1673-1733
Title
Synod held in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (from 'Scenes de la vie Juive')
Date of Production
1730
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised) on brown-prepared laid paper, with grey-ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Width: 22.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1201
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
blind arcades
Provenance
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: lower portion of a shield containing a horn, above the letters “L V G”.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “B. Picart inv. et fec. ad vivum. 1730.”. Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “170 3”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “B. Picart inv. et fec. ad vivum. 1730.”. Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “170 3”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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