Landscape with ruin and man loading a donkey
Maker
Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa da Tivoli) (artist)
1657-1706
1657-1706
Title
Landscape with ruin and man loading a donkey
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 39.3 cm
Width: 39.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2187
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
loads
Provenance
Lady Lucas; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 29 June 1926; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: centre: lines just visible in raking light, but due to mount unable to see more clearly. Mount (historic), Verso (only visible in raking light): left centre: Strasburg lily; right centre: C JACOB & SON [?] (not found in Heawood or Churchill).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, left of centre on building, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Rosa f”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, the number circled: “Rosa 1”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, left of centre on building, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Rosa f”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite, the number circled: “Rosa 1”.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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