Dutch winter scene - December
Maker
Gerrit van Battem (artist)
1636-1684
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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