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Wood landscape

Maker

Gherardo Cibo
1512-1600

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1534-1612

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1581-1641

Title

Wood landscape

Date of Production

16th century

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, laid down, the lower right corner made up

Dimensions

Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1582

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

Achille Chariatte (early 20th century), L.88a; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 30 April - 1 May 1923; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (8 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28

Literature

Bolten, Jaap, 'Messer Ulisse Severino da Cingoli, a Bypath in the History of Art', Master Drawings, 7, 2, Summer 1969, pp. 123-147+184-204
no. 98 on p. 141
Included in Bolten's catalogue of drawings that should be reattributed to Messer Ulisse Severino da Cingoli, now known as Gherardo Cibo.

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, stamped in red ink: Achille Chariatte (L.88a); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: hidden under backing sheet, but visible via transmitted light: upper centre edge, ink: “del Domenichino”; lower left of centre edge, ink: unable to decipher. Verso (backing sheet): upper left edge, graphite: "Domenichino / Vlackenborch"; upper right, brown ink, difficult to decipher: "Bl Juce'on." [?]; right of centre, graphite, circled written twice but one crossed out: "8"; centre, graphite: "Chariatte / 3"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "1582".

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