Landscape with cattle and peasants in foreground, small cottage to left, church and village in middle distance
Maker
(artist)
1741-1799
1741-1799
Title
Landscape with cattle and peasants in foreground, small cottage to left, church and village in middle distance
Date of Production
1791
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 36 cm
Width: 36 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.21
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
Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7-10 December 1920, lot 431; E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. 38, 1921, lot 106; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£6.3); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Schwartz, Leslie A., 'The "Thoughts" ("Gedagten") of Jacob Cats (1741-1799). Inscriptions on the numbered drawings of a prolific eighteenth-century draftsman. An addition to the list of Jane Shoaf Turner (1990)' in 'Delineavit et Sculpsit', December 2007 - pp. 57-77; 31
p. 73
p. 73
Inscriptions
Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: tips of letters, but unable to read.
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, black ink, signed and dated by the artist: "600 / J Cats inv 1791"; lower left edge, graphite: "474".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, black ink, signed and dated by the artist: "600 / J Cats inv 1791"; lower left edge, graphite: "474".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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