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Landscape with figures, cattle and wagons

Maker

(artist)
1564-1635

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

red and white chalk with stumping on grey laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 36.9 cm
Width: 55.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2202

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

Label Text

This large drawing shows a gentle valley and groups of peasants with carriages and cattle moving along a winding path. Two travellers at the roadside watch this scene. They represent the urban viewers who collected elaborately executed drawings such as this. The red chalk medium adds a painterly quality to the work. This is further enhanced by the use of white chalk to create light effects, made even more effective by the grey paper support.

Provenance

Prince of Solms-Brauenfels; his sale, R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), 24 - 25 January 1922, lot 384; Max Ziegert (Frankfurt); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1926 (£11.5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Drawing Peasants, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/09/2010-10/02/2011

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

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978 ...More

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

Trésor de l’art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme Siècle [Afdeeling van de Oud-Vlaamische Kunst], Antwerp, 1930

Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28

Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less

Literature

Gerszi, Teréz , ‘Joos de Momper als Zeichner. Teil II’, Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen, 1994, pp. 165-88
pp. 166 note 4, 171-72
fig. 6

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 16
ill. on p. 57

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 27 ...More

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 42

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128

Mémorial de l’exposition d’art flamand ancien à Anvers, Antwerp, 1930 Paris 1932
cat. no. 425

Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 629

R.W.P. de Vries (Amsterdam), Dessins anciens [Provenance en grande partie du Prince de S.=B. = Solms-Braunfels], 24-25 Jan. 1922
lot 384

R.W.P. de Vries. Dessins Anciens (19-23/01/1922) ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: an indeterminate mark (Peter Bower was unable to identify, see transparent photo in file).

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, graphite: "Nr.1"; lower right, graphite: "J. De Momper".

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

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