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Landscape with cattle, poultry and figures

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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).

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