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Interior, with a man seated by a fire, reading by lamplight (recto)

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1606-1669

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash (some areas rubbed or dabbed), white bodycolour on laid paper, laid down on Jonathan Richardson the elder’s mount; a drawing in pen and ink on the verso is visible with transmitted light

Dimensions

Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 14.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1855

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

Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734); given by him to Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2184 and L.2983, October 1724; his estate sale, Christopher Cock (London), 22 January - 8 February 1747, day 5, lot 63; Thomas Hudson, London (1701-1779), L.2432; his estate sale, Langford (London), 15 - 27 March 1779, lot 56 on the sixth night; purchased there by Henry Reveley, Bryn y Gwin (1737-1798), L.1356; Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£10); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Thomas Hudson, 1701-1779, portrait painter and collector: a bicentenary exhibition, Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, 06/07/1979-30/09/1979

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968 ...More

A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964 ...Less

Literature

Thomas Hudson, 1701-1779, portrait painter and collector: a bicentenary exhibition, Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, 1979
cat. no. 67
no. 67
Fig. repr.

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 31

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, Richardson the elder’s hand: “Rembrandt”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre, brown ink, Richardson the elder’s hand, his shelfmark and provenance: “Z.1. / Given me by Sr. Ja: Thornhill. Oct: 1724. / E. / Rembrandt 1606/1674. //”; upper centre, graphite: “H.R purchas’d it at Mr. Hudson’s Sale.”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Henry Reveley (L.1356); lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Thomas Hudson (L.2432); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink, shelfmark transcribed above: Jonathan Richardson the elder (L.2983).

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