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Classical landscape with figures

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1698-1757

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1604-1682

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1615-1675

Title

Classical landscape with figures

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 34.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1574

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

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Provenance

Achille Chariatte (early 20th century); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 30 April - 1 May 1923, lot 37 (as by Dughet); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2.25); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

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

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956 ...Less

Literature

Sotheyb's/ Catalogue of Old Master Drawings and Modern Etchings from the Collection of the Late Monsieur A. Chariatte (1923)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “Pl: 3”; lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: “1574”.

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

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