Imaginary coastal scene with fishing vessels
Maker
(artist)
1561-1635
1561-1635
Title
Imaginary coastal scene with fishing vessels
Date of Production
1575 - 1633
Medium
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown, yellow and blue wash, blue bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partly trimmed away, laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 29 cm
Width: 29 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1995
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), 24 February 1925; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (105 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 10
ill. on p. 45
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 35
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127
cat. no. 10
ill. on p. 45
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 35
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: crowned lion rampant (not found in Bernstein's Memory of Paper, nor in Heawood).
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (hidden under tissue): centre, graphite or ink?: "17".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (hidden under tissue): centre, graphite or ink?: "17".
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