Hill landscape
Maker
(artist)
1601-1678
1601-1678
Title
Hill landscape
Date of Production
1619
Medium
traces of graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 14.1 cm
Width: 18 cm
Width: 18 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1647
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
Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (1875-1941), L.2602d; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 4 July 1923, lot 57; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£11); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978 ...More
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28 ...Less
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978 ...More
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28 ...Less
Literature
Van Camp, An, 'Jan Brueghel the Younger and the Nuremberg drawings', Delineavit et Sculpsit, 36, October 2013, pp. 22-43
pp. 27-29
fig. 2, p. 27
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 6
Illus. on p. 37
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 31 ...More
Gerszi, T., 'Landschaftszeichnungen aus der Nachfolge Pieter Bruegels' in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1965; VII
p. 119
Winner, Matthias, 'Zeichnungen des Alteren Jan Breughel' in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1961; III, 2
p. 225
pl. 35
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 55
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
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. 83
Honig, Elizabeth Alice et al., Jan Brueghel: complete catalogue, https://www.janbrueghel.net/search/site/courtauld [accessed 8 March 2021]
Hans Verbeek, Travels through Town and Country: Dutch and Flemish Landscape Drawings 1550-1830 (2000)
pp. 42-43
ftn. 1 under no. 14 ...Less
pp. 27-29
fig. 2, p. 27
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 6
Illus. on p. 37
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 31 ...More
Gerszi, T., 'Landschaftszeichnungen aus der Nachfolge Pieter Bruegels' in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1965; VII
p. 119
Winner, Matthias, 'Zeichnungen des Alteren Jan Breughel' in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1961; III, 2
p. 225
pl. 35
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 55
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124
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. 83
Honig, Elizabeth Alice et al., Jan Brueghel: complete catalogue, https://www.janbrueghel.net/search/site/courtauld [accessed 8 March 2021]
Hans Verbeek, Travels through Town and Country: Dutch and Flemish Landscape Drawings 1550-1830 (2000)
pp. 42-43
ftn. 1 under no. 14 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right (over drawing), stamped in black ink: Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, (L.2602d). Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, signed and dated: “Johan • breugel • i6i9 •”. Verso: left lower edge, graphite: “PTN”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right (over drawing), stamped in black ink: Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, (L.2602d). Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, signed and dated: “Johan • breugel • i6i9 •”. Verso: left lower edge, graphite: “PTN”.
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