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Frozen harbour

Maker

Pieter Coopse (artist)
1638-1677

Title

Frozen harbour

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 13.4 cm
Width: 20 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2006

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

R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), 13 - 14 August 1908; Pieter Langerhuizen Lzn, Crailoo, Holland (1839-1918), L.2095; Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1925, lot 31; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre, small letters: "GC" (no match in Heawood or Piccard).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right edge, stamped in blue ink: Pieter Langerhuizen Lzn (L.2095).

Inscription: Recto: lower right of centre edge, pen and grey ink, signed by the artist: "P: Coopse: fct". Verso: left lower edge, graphite, underlined: "E"; lower left corner, brown ink; "No=105 No. 4i9.”.

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