Old watermill
Maker
(artist)
1643-1712
1643-1712
Title
Old watermill
Date of Production
1674
Medium
pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 16.2 cm
Width: 20.9 cm
Width: 20.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2044
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
Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (1875-1941), L.2602d; Meier Elte (The Hague); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Dutch drawings XVIth to XVIIIth century lent by Sir Robert and Lady Witt, Campbell Dodgson, Julian G. Lousada and J.C. Witt., Oxford Arts Club, 05/01/1929-02/02/1929
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Dutch drawings XVIth to XVIIIth century lent by Sir Robert and Lady Witt, Campbell Dodgson, Julian G. Lousada and J.C. Witt., Oxford Arts Club, 05/01/1929-02/02/1929
Literature
Byam Shaw, J., 'Valentine Klotz' in 'Old Master Drawings', December 1928 - pp. 53-55
p. 54
p. 54
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: lower tips of foolscap (four points visible) above a small triangle, above three stacked circles. Support (historic), Verso: centre, two lines of text (illegible due to layered sheets).
Inscription: Recto: left lower edge, brown ink, dated by the artist: "1674: 7:m:/30: d:"; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "J. De Gravé : fe'cit :". Support (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: "Buff."; lower right, graphite, circled: "255"; lower right edge, graphite, upside down, underlined, faded and hard to read: "XET" [?]; lower right corner, graphite: "125.". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: “Exhibited Oxford Arts Club 1929 / " V&A 1943 / Josua de Grave / Dutch 1660 [the date crossed out] / 2044 //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d). Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: left lower edge, brown ink, dated by the artist: "1674: 7:m:/30: d:"; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist: "J. De Gravé : fe'cit :". Support (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: "Buff."; lower right, graphite, circled: "255"; lower right edge, graphite, upside down, underlined, faded and hard to read: "XET" [?]; lower right corner, graphite: "125.". Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), graphite: “Exhibited Oxford Arts Club 1929 / " V&A 1943 / Josua de Grave / Dutch 1660 [the date crossed out] / 2044 //”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Prince Wladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (L.2602d). Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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