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Dutch winter scene - December

Maker

Gerrit van Battem (artist)
1636-1684

Title

Dutch winter scene - December

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1937

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Empire Art Loan Collections Society Exhibition, South Africa, 1937-38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, grey ink, signed by the artist?: "Van Battem f:". Verso: centre, brown ink, artist's hand?: "December."; lower left corner, graphite, partially erased: "K/1 / A // [?]"; lower left, graphite: "G. van Battem". Support (historic, mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right, graphite: arrow pointing up to indicate signature on the drawing.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, and again on Support (historic): Recto, lower left: stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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