River or estuary landscape with Galatea and tritons
Maker
(artist)
1620-1683
1620-1683
Title
River or estuary landscape with Galatea and tritons
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
traces of graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 15.1 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Width: 22.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1846
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
Thomas Dimsdale, London (1758-1823), L.2426; purchased from his estate by William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1833; Ederheimer; Dr C.J. Ball; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 May 1924, lot 1; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); 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: Watermark: centre: Arms of Amsterdam (no countermark evident to help identify exact date or location).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower right in water, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Berchem fe" [the “e” superscript]. Verso: lower right, brown ink: "WEsdaile 1833."; lower left, graphite, cut off by handling edges: "he / B[...?] //"; lower left and centre edge, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1833.WE out of Dimsdale's Colln 25xx" and "Berchem".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Thomas Dimsdale (L.2426).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower right in water, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Berchem fe" [the “e” superscript]. Verso: lower right, brown ink: "WEsdaile 1833."; lower left, graphite, cut off by handling edges: "he / B[...?] //"; lower left and centre edge, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1833.WE out of Dimsdale's Colln 25xx" and "Berchem".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Thomas Dimsdale (L.2426).
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