Wood landscape
Maker
Gherardo Cibo
1512-1600
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1534-1612
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1581-1641
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
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
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".
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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