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River landscape with figures

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1616-1677

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 25.3 cm
Width: 36.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2003

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

Label Text

The castle in the middle distance, with its delicate towers, has not been identified. It is probable that the artist invented both the building and its surroundings, from the craggy rocks in the foreground to the bends of the river flowing toward the horizon. The summarily drawn figures in the foreground animate the scene, but at least one of them – the man on horseback – seems to have been added as an afterthought.

Provenance

R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), 1917 (according to a note added to the Witt index card, perhaps in the Prince's collection though no catalogues available anywhere to check); Prince of Solms-Brauenfels; his sale, R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), 24 - 25 January 1922, lot 624; Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1925, lot 112; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Panorama, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/09/2015-10/01/2016

Literature

R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), Dessins anciens [Provenance en grande partie du Prince de S.=B. = Solms-Braunfels], 24-25 Jan. 1922
lot 624
pl. XXXII

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing? right centre on mountain path, graphite, unclear whether intended as inscription: "12. 18 3. [?]". Verso: lower left edge, graphite, partially erased: "[...]r view of the Rhine / Wykk //"; lower right, graphite: "S.20."; lower right edge, brown ink: "No: 51".

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

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