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Rustic group - two herdsmen, one mounted, with cattle and sheep

Maker

(artist)
1707-1769

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1657-1720

Title

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

red chalk, red chalk wash, pen and brown ink, traces of graphite, on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.9 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.20

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

Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965) (as by Castiglione); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7-10 December 1920, lot 70; E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. 38, 1921, lot 85 (as by Pieter van Bloemen); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (27 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 35

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 123

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto: right of centre: large letters "b V", the terminals of both letters ending in circles (matches the letters of Heawood 3101 and 3102 - Verona 1739-41 and Venice 1693-96 respectively - but does not appear to have the tree in between the letters as seen in 3101 and 3102).

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, cut off: "[...] ilLione". Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "20".

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

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