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Estuary scene: three galliots, a barge and a frigate firing a salute

Maker

(artist)
1633-1707

Title

Estuary scene: three galliots, a barge and a frigate firing a salute

Date of Production

(circa) 1675

Medium

graphite on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 37.2 cm
Width: 50.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1256

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 Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921, one of lots 99, 100, 103, 105, 108, 110 or 112; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (13 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

The Witt Collection - Four centuries of drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/04/2004-20/06/2004

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 ...More

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992

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

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

De Jerome Bosch à Rembrandt: dessins hollandais du XVI au XVII siecle, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 01/11/1937-01/01/1938

Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1926-27 ...Less

Literature

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 74
pp. 156, 195
Illus. p. 157

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 65
Illus. p. 155

Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 60
Fig. p. 65 ...More

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 51

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 63

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 102

De Jerome Bosch à Rembrandt: dessins hollandais du XVI au XVII siecle, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, November 1937 - January 1938, 1937-38
no. 150
Illus. pl. XCIa ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: Strasburg lily above "4" above monogram "WR"; countermark: Recto, right centre: "I M" (see tracing in file, variant of no. 19 in M.S. Robinson, ‘Van de Velde drawings: a catalogue of drawings in the National Maritime Museum…’, 2 vols, 1958 and 1973).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "4 / f //"; lower right, graphite: "3"; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: "1256".

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