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Landscape with hunting party going to a meet

Maker

(artist)
1659-1717

Title

Landscape with hunting party going to a meet

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, watercolour on laid paper, laid down on a Witt mount

Dimensions

Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2194

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

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Provenance

Marquess of Cholmondeley (1883-1968); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 19 February 1930, lot 30; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 67

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down on mount.

Inscription: Witt mount, Recto: lower left, graphite: “Hunting party going to a meet”; lower right, graphite, Witt’s hand: “Dirk Maes. 1656-1717. / noted Dutch painter of sporting scenes. //”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: 2194”. Witt mount, Verso: lower right, graphite, circled: “83”.

Collector's mark: Witt mount, Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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