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Mountain landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
1595-1661

Title

Mountain landscape with figures

Date of Production

1655

Medium

black chalk, brown wash, on laid paper, with black chalk framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 18 cm
Width: 29.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1926

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

Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 July 1924, lot 94; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

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

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 12

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist, first two letters in monogram: “PMoLyn / 1655 //”. Verso: lower left, graphite, partially erased: “[…]L. […] / @ / […] £10.10 / […]tard / [..]p[…] //”; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: “1926”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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