Wooded landscape with two trees, a man and a house
Maker
(artist)
1620-1673
1620-1673
Title
Wooded landscape with two trees, a man and a house
Date of Production
(circa) 1660
Medium
graphite, grey wash, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 40 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.212
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
William Mayor, London (1826-1874), L.2799, by at least 1871; Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 7 - 10 December 1920, lot 499; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.55); 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
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Exhibition of paintings: seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 29/02/1928-26/05/1928; City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 01/06/1928-01/09/1928
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Exhibition of paintings: seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 29/02/1928-26/05/1928; City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 01/06/1928-01/09/1928
Literature
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 57
Illus. p. 139
Rembrandt and his century: Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 8 December 1977 - 19 February 1978; Institut néerlandais, Paris, 16 March - 30 April 1978, 1977
under no. 82
Exhibition of paintings : seventeenth century dutch and flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent and City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 1928, 1928
cat. no. 41 ...More
Mayor, William, A brief Chronological Description of a collection of Original Drawings and Sketches by the most celebrated Masters, London 1871
no. 753 ...Less
cat. no. 57
Illus. p. 139
Rembrandt and his century: Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 8 December 1977 - 19 February 1978; Institut néerlandais, Paris, 16 March - 30 April 1978, 1977
under no. 82
Exhibition of paintings : seventeenth century dutch and flemish schools, loaned by the Trustees of the National Gallery, and drawings loaned by Sir Robert Witt, C.B.E. and Lady Witt., Hanley Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent and City of York Museum and Art Gallery, York, 1928, 1928
cat. no. 41 ...More
Mayor, William, A brief Chronological Description of a collection of Original Drawings and Sketches by the most celebrated Masters, London 1871
no. 753 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily (similar to, though larger than, Heawood 1840-42 – Amsterdam around 1769 and St Petersburg? 1774).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, signed by the artist over an erased inscription: A: Pynacker ft:.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: William Mayor (L.2799). Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, graphite, signed by the artist over an erased inscription: A: Pynacker ft:.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: William Mayor (L.2799). Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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