Horsemen in a landscape with walled town in background
Maker
Follower of
(artist)
1631-1690
(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
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
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).
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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