Figures working on a boat
Maker
(artist)
1633-1707
1633-1707
Title
Figures working on a boat
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite on buff laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 22 cm
Width: 31.1 cm
Width: 31.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1306
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 See Witt card for D.1952.RW.1235.
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 57
cat. no. 57
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: foolscap above a "4" above three stacked circles.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed with the artist's initials: "W. V. V J". Verso: centre, graphite: "2 / K //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed with the artist's initials: "W. V. V J". Verso: centre, graphite: "2 / K //".
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