Two herons by a stream
Maker
Elias van den Broeck (artist)
1657-1708
1657-1708
Title
Two herons by a stream
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, both upper corners rounded
Dimensions
Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Width: 24.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2055
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
Heinrich Wilhelm Campe, Leipzig (1770-1862), L.1391; Meier Elte (The Hague); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none in the drawing. Backing sheet (removed, now missing, tracing in the file): crowned shield containing a horn, above a small mound, above text “PIETERDEVRIES / & / COMP //” (no match in Churchill, Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "vandenbroeck". Scrap of paper removed from backing and now in file, brown ink: "N 99. 55555.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, blindstamped: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (L.1391).
Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "vandenbroeck". Scrap of paper removed from backing and now in file, brown ink: "N 99. 55555.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, blindstamped: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (L.1391).
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