Landscape with hunting party going to a meet
Maker
(artist)
1659-1717
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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