Landscape with sheep and shepherds before a barn
Maker
(artist)
1656-1705
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
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
Keywords
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).
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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