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View of the Arch of Titus, Rome (recto)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
born 1650

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1604-1682

Title

View of the Arch of Titus, Rome (recto)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (recto), pen and brown ink, brown wash (verso), on blue laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 20 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1489

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

General William Dowdeswell (1761-1828) [according to Esdaile's catalogue]; William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1814; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 18 - 25 June 1840, probably lot 638 ('A pair of small landscapes; on blue paper, drawn on both sides; from Dowdeswell's Collection'); if correctly identified, purchased there by William Mayor, London (1826-1874); Charles Sackville Bale, London (1791-1880), L.640; Henry Gay Hewlett, Kent (1832-1897); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 - 29 November 1922, lot 26; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Southampton, 16/02/1970-04/03/1970

The Art of Claude Lorrain, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hayward Gallery, London, 27/09/1969-14/12/1969

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...More

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961

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

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

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

Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950

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

Literature

The Art of Claude Lorrain, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1969
cat. no. 101

Roethlisberger, Marcel, 'Drawings around Claude, Part One: A Group of Sixty Grimaldesque Drawings' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1965; 3, 4
no. 49
as by unknown artist

Illustrated London News, 13 Jan. 1962
Illus. repr. ...More

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 60

Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 35

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 71

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 23

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. 77

Vasari Society, 1922; 2nd series, III
no. 16
Illus. repr. ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, Esdaile’s hand: “1814 WE P46 N 1004”; lower centre edge, black ink: “Claudio Lorenese.”. Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Verso: lower left corner and lower centre edge, dark brown ink: “100 x 13 Claude.”; lower edge, graphite: “From Collection of C.S. Bale. Arch of Titus.”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617). Verso: lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Charles Sackville Bale (L.640). Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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