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View of the ruins of the abbey at Egmond

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1596-1656

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1620-1691

Title

View of the ruins of the abbey at Egmond

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, watercolour on laid paper, with graphite framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 11.9 cm
Width: 24.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1996

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

Frederick Carel Theodoor van Isendoorn à Blois, Château de Cannenburg (1784-1865), L.2610; purchased after his death by Wolff and Cohen, Amsterdam; Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1925, lot 33 (as by Cuyp); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; 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. 19

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper right edge, graphite: "ruin van de Abdy te Egmont". Verso: right centre, graphite: "no 3"; lower left corner, brown ink: "No. 912".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, graphite: Frederick Carel Theodoor van Isendoorn à Blois (L.2610); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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