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Italianate landscape with a shepherd and sheep crossing a bridge

Maker

(artist)
1620-1673

Title

Italianate landscape with a shepherd and sheep crossing a bridge

Date of Production

1662

Medium

graphite, grey wash on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 25.3 cm
Width: 36.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1976

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.; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 12 October 1942 (£10); purchased there by V. David, 16 October 1942 (£18); purchased back from him by Colnaghi (London), 26 February 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 18 January 1945 (£12); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 32

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge: small Strasburg lily over “4” over monogram “WR”.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, right lower edge grey wash, signed and dated with the artist’s monogram: “AP 1662”. Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “E. W.” [not in Lugt]; centre, graphite: “33”.

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

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