Landscape with cattle, poultry and figures
Maker
(artist)
1607-1681
1607-1681
Title
Landscape with cattle, poultry and figures
Date of Production
1651
Medium
black and red chalk, grey wash on buff laid paper with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 32.9 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2009
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
Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1925, lot 88 (titled 'Summer'); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: left centre: “I_C” (difficult to see first letter clearly, but not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, grey ink, signed and dated by the artist with his monogram: “CSL / 1651 //”. Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “XXIII / 41 //”; upper centre edge, graphite: “Corneill Saftleven 1606-1683”; right centre, graphite: “verre 33 40”; right lower edge, graphite, unclear: “cadre or sifraiche [?] / Brotof [?] / Blente //”; lower right, graphite: “Corneille Saftleven 1606-1683”; lower left edge, graphite: “No 810-25t”; lower right corner, graphite: “244”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, grey ink, signed and dated by the artist with his monogram: “CSL / 1651 //”. Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: “XXIII / 41 //”; upper centre edge, graphite: “Corneill Saftleven 1606-1683”; right centre, graphite: “verre 33 40”; right lower edge, graphite, unclear: “cadre or sifraiche [?] / Brotof [?] / Blente //”; lower right, graphite: “Corneille Saftleven 1606-1683”; lower left edge, graphite: “No 810-25t”; lower right corner, graphite: “244”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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