Rocky landscape with figures
Maker
(artist)
1623-1687
1623-1687
Title
Rocky landscape with figures
Date of Production
1640 - 1687
Medium
pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 6.7 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1203
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
Notes
According to Gustot's monograph, the inscription is a signature; he gave the title as 'Italianate landscape'.
Provenance
Robinson, Fisher & Harding (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 1 March 1923 (£1 10s, including another Neyts landscape that was not included in the Witt Bequest); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
Gustot, Pierre, Gillis Neyts: un paysagiste brabançon en vallée mosane au XVIIe siècle, Namur, 2008
no. D229
Illus. p. 224
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 72
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
no. D229
Illus. p. 224
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 72
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "g•neyts•f".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "g•neyts•f".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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