Landscape with two greyhounds
Maker
(artist)
1629-1676
1629-1676
Title
Landscape with two greyhounds
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour on buff laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Width: 23.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1515
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
Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919) [not evident in the catalogue of his estate sale at Christie's, 30 January 1920, though not all drawings were listed in detail]; Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883-1968); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 19 February 1930; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£3.25); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, brown ink, signed by the artist: "JLe Ducq fc:". Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "28"; upper left, graphite: arrow pointing down at signature on drawing; lower left, graphite: "Sporting, Hounds"; lower right, graphite: "Jan Le Ducq. 1636-1685. Pupil of Paul Potter. / Signed drawing. etched by the artist in a / set of 8 prints of dogs + dated 1661 / No. 3 //"; lower left corner, graphite, incorrect Witt number: "1575"; lower right corner, graphite: "Jan le Ducq / 1629/36 - 1676 / Signed //". Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: "65"; lower left, graphite: "2812"; lower left edge, graphite, circled: "4".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left, brown ink, signed by the artist: "JLe Ducq fc:". Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, graphite: "28"; upper left, graphite: arrow pointing down at signature on drawing; lower left, graphite: "Sporting, Hounds"; lower right, graphite: "Jan Le Ducq. 1636-1685. Pupil of Paul Potter. / Signed drawing. etched by the artist in a / set of 8 prints of dogs + dated 1661 / No. 3 //"; lower left corner, graphite, incorrect Witt number: "1575"; lower right corner, graphite: "Jan le Ducq / 1629/36 - 1676 / Signed //". Mount (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: "65"; lower left, graphite: "2812"; lower left edge, graphite, circled: "4".
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