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Landscape with sheep and shepherds before a barn

Maker

(artist)
1656-1705

Title

Landscape with sheep and shepherds before a barn

Date of Production

(?) 1685

Medium

black chalk and graphite, watercolour on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1871

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

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Provenance

William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1834; Thomas Thane, London (1782-1846), L.2461; L.T. Col. Frederick Arthur Heygate Lambert (1881-1919); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 21 April 1926, lot 19; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, black ink, very small: "J v der meer / de jonger 1685[?] //". Verso: lower left corner, brown ink, Esdaile's hand, cut off: "1834 WE 62x"; lower centre, brown ink: "J V der Meer".

Collector's mark: Reco: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Thomas Thane (L.2461); lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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