Italian landscape with church, churchyard and figures (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1627-1690
1627-1690
Title
Italian landscape with church, churchyard and figures (recto)
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
red chalk, pen and brown ink, red, brown and grey wash, white bodycolour, with brown ink framing lines (recto), offset of black chalk mixed with oil (verso), on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 33.8 cm
Width: 45.9 cm
Width: 45.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2005
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
unidentified collector, L.500a; Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof (second half of 19th century), L.1758; Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1925, lot 25; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: crowned shield containing horn, above monogram "WR".
Collector's mark: Verso: left of centre, stamped in purple ink: Reinhold von Liphart (L.1758); lower left and lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Removed but still mounted with the drawing, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.500a).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on plinth, brown ink, signed with the artist's monogram: "HVS.F.". Verso: upper centre, graphite: "/38"; upper left, graphite: "3f"; left of centre, black ink, underneath L.1758 and thus likely an inventory number: "1109"; lower left, graphite: "Herman van Swanefelds / fecit //"; lower left, graphite: "CTV"; lower left edge, graphite: "rft / H. Verschuring //".
Collector's mark: Verso: left of centre, stamped in purple ink: Reinhold von Liphart (L.1758); lower left and lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Removed but still mounted with the drawing, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.500a).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on plinth, brown ink, signed with the artist's monogram: "HVS.F.". Verso: upper centre, graphite: "/38"; upper left, graphite: "3f"; left of centre, black ink, underneath L.1758 and thus likely an inventory number: "1109"; lower left, graphite: "Herman van Swanefelds / fecit //"; lower left, graphite: "CTV"; lower left edge, graphite: "rft / H. Verschuring //".
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