Mountain landscape with figures
Maker
(artist)
1595-1661
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
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
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
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).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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