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Horsemen in a landscape with walled town in background

Maker

Follower of
(artist)
1631-1690

Title

Horsemen in a landscape with walled town in background

Date of Production

1645 - 1690

Medium

black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Width: 18.1 cm
Height: 16.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2061

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

John Thane, London (1748-1818), L.1544; his sale, George Jones, London, 25-26 March 1819, lot 138 [Brill catalogue not annotated with names]; Meijer Elte (1877-1937), The Hague; from whom purchased by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, by 1927 [when lent to Berlin and Bochum 1927-28]; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: quatrefoil above "MALMENIDE" in a lozenge (per Peter Bower, this form comes from Antoine Malmeneide, who worked at Les Planches Mill near Thiers in the 1660s and 70s).

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner (within the drawing), pen and black ink: John Thane (L.1544). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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