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View through a colonnade

Maker

Circle of
(artist)
1604-1682

Title

View through a colonnade

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on Jonathan Richardson the elder's mount

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1859

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

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2183 and L.2995/2996, sold 1772; Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792); Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), L.58, sold 1846; Samuel Woodburn (London), 1847; Johannes Noll; his sale, F.A.C. Prestel (Frankfurt), 7 - 8 October 1912, lot 153; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 March 1923, lot 63; purchased there by Professor Tancred Borenius, London (1885-1948); Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), by 1928; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Magnasco Society, London, 1928 (or 1926?)

The Art of Claude Lorrain, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hayward Gallery, London, 27/09/1969-14/12/1969

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

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Old master drawings, Leicester, 1952

Landscape in French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1949-1950

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938 ...Less

Literature

The Art of Claude Lorrain, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1969
cat. no. 48

Roethlisberger, Marcel, Claude Lorrain: the drawings, Berkeley 1968; 2 vols
no. 456

Roethlisberger, Marcel, Claude Lorrain: the Wildenstein Album, Paris 1962
under no. 30 ...More

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 70

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 27

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. 76

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938
cat. no. 532
Photocopy in file.

Borenius, Tancred, 'Old Master Drawings', September 1928; III
pl. 20

F.A.C. Prestel, Sammlung Johannes Noll, Frankfurt 7 - 8 October 1912
lot 153
pl. LI ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink, Richardson the elder's hand: "Claude Lorenese.".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2183). Mount (Richardson's), Recto: lower right, blindstamped: Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford (L.58); lower centre edge, pen and brown ink, transcribed above: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2995/2996).

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