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Shepherds and flocks on a country lane

Maker

Jacob van der Does the elder (artist)
1623-1673

Title

Shepherds and flocks on a country lane

Date of Production

1672

Medium

red chalk, graphite, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, treated with a varnish

Dimensions

Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 29.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2016

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





lanes (road elements)



Provenance

Johann Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (1722-1785), L.2987; by descent to his son, Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (1750-1821); Frederick Carel Theodoor van Isendoorn à Blois, Château de Cannenburg (1784-1865), L.2610; purchased after his death by Wolff and Cohen, (Amsterdam); Pieter Langerhuizen Lzn, Crailoo (1839-1918), L.2095; Jacques Arnal; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 February 1925, lot 35; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Empire Art Loan Collections Society Exhibition, South Africa, 1937-38

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: Arms of Amsterdam with letters below but unable to see clearly - "D [...] [?]".

Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower left on rock, signed and dated by the artist, abraded, first two lines pen and brown ink, last line brush and brown wash: "Ivander Does / MDC / LXXII //". Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: "XXIII / 22 //"; lower left corner, red ink, hand of Johann Goll van Franckenstein: "N2885."

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: Frederick Carel Theodoor van Isendoorn à Blois (L.2610); lower left corner, red ink: Johann Goll van Franckenstein (L.2987), number transcribed above; lower right edge, stamped in blue ink: Pieter Langerhuizen Lzn. (L.2095); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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