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Scandinavian landscape, with log huts, and figures on a road

Maker

(artist)
1621-1675

Title

Scandinavian landscape, with log huts, and figures on a road

Date of Production

1640 - 1649

Medium

graphite, pen and grey and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 31.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2130

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

H.J. Holgen (Amsterdam); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

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

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More

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

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929 ...Less

Literature

Davies, Alice I., The drawings of Allart van Everdingen: a complete catalogue, including the studies for Reynard the Fox, Doornspijk 2007
no. 6
ill. on p. 155

Arcadie du nord : dessins hollandais du Musée Condé à Chantilly, Musée Condé, Chantilly, 26 September 2001 - 7 January 2002, 2001
pp. 112-13n10, under no. 58

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 32
pp. 72, 180
ill. on p. 73 ...More

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 37
ill. on p. 99

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 21

Allart van Everdingen; Master of the Rugged Landscape 1621 - 1675 ed Klinkert Christi, and Bleyerveld, Yvonne, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 2021.
pp. 90-92
fig. 117 on p. 90 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned shield with a bend containing a bear (Arms of Bern; see tracing in file, no exact match in Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist with his initials: "AVE". Verso: lower left, graphite: "pago"; lower right, graphite: "Everdinger"; lower centre edge, graphite: "485".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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