Landscape with a viaduct (recto)
Maker
Jan Wils (artist)
1600-1666
1600-1666
Title
Landscape with a viaduct (recto)
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, grey wash, with black chalk framing lines, the verso half prepared with black chalk and with a black chalk sketch on the other half
Dimensions
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 29.8 cm
Width: 29.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.18
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. 38, 1921, lot 288; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (48 shillings); 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
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: "I H S" with a cross sprouting from the "H" (see tracing in file).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: "18"; lower right corner, brown ink: "Jan Wils". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: "RW 18 / Wills [the first "l' crossed out] (Jan) Haarlem 1600-1669. / Landscape with high viaduct over a sunken road + / forming entrance to a building / crayon & sepia wash / signed on back of drawing [arrow pointing to] E. //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite: "18"; lower right corner, brown ink: "Jan Wils". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: "RW 18 / Wills [the first "l' crossed out] (Jan) Haarlem 1600-1669. / Landscape with high viaduct over a sunken road + / forming entrance to a building / crayon & sepia wash / signed on back of drawing [arrow pointing to] E. //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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