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Synod held in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (from 'Scenes de la vie Juive')

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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