Shepherds and flocks on a country lane
Maker
Jacob van der Does the elder (artist)
1623-1673
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
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).
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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