Studies of four women
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1627-1703
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1620-1683
(artist)
1627-1703
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1620-1683
Title
Studies of four women
Date of Production
1640 - 1703
Medium
pen and brown ink, grey-green wash, white bodycolour, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, the lower edge made up
Dimensions
Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Width: 29.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2020
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 11 (as by Berchem); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Literature
Rubinstein, Gregory, 'The Drawings of Jan Siberechts', Master Drawings, 50, 3, Autumn 2012, pp. 365-96
p. 394 note 1
Rejected as by Siberechts.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
as Siberechts
Drawings of the old masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1943
cat. no. no cat. no.
p. 17
as Siberechts ...More
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 461
as Siberechts
Fokker, Timon Henricus, Jan Siberechts peintre de la paysanne flamande, Brussels and Paris, 1931
p. 113
rejected as Siberechts
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 653 ...Less
p. 394 note 1
Rejected as by Siberechts.
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
as Siberechts
Drawings of the old masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1943
cat. no. no cat. no.
p. 17
as Siberechts ...More
Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 461
as Siberechts
Fokker, Timon Henricus, Jan Siberechts peintre de la paysanne flamande, Brussels and Paris, 1931
p. 113
rejected as Siberechts
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 653 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: foolscap with seven points above a triangle above three circles in a pyramid (Peter Bower had no further information about this mark; looks closest in type to Heawood 2069 - London, 1698).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "n. Berghem F". Verso: centre, brown ink: "Nic Berghem 1640."; lower right, graphite, underlined: "N Berghem". Mount (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower centre, graphite, circled: "2317"; lower right, black ink crossed through in graphite: "N. Berghem".
Collector's mark: Verso: right lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "n. Berghem F". Verso: centre, brown ink: "Nic Berghem 1640."; lower right, graphite, underlined: "N Berghem". Mount (removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower centre, graphite, circled: "2317"; lower right, black ink crossed through in graphite: "N. Berghem".
Collector's mark: Verso: right lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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