Landscape with sportsmen
Maker
Daniel Schellinks (artist)
1627-1701
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1580-1627
1627-1701
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1580-1627
Title
Landscape with sportsmen
Date of Production
1655
Medium
black chalk, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 20.9 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2242
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
Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (1836-1909), L.2773; his estate sale, H.G. Gutekunst (Stuttgart), 6 - 11 May 1910, lot 499; Charles Francis George Richard Schwerdt (1862-1939); his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 27 June 1939, lot 1299; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (75 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: foolscap above a “4” above three stacked circles; Countermark: Recto, left centre: “DC IC” (matches Heawood 1964 – no date or location given, found on van de Velde drawings at Greenwich).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist over the framing lines; “DS 1655”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “23”; centre, graphite: “Daniel Schellinks / 1634-1701 / Amsterdam; lower centre, graphite, faded and difficult to read: “[…] / fais M[…] of Amsterdam / Ma[…] 1883 [Paraphe] //” [not in Lugt]; lower centre, graphite: “331”; lower left corner, graphite: “331: lower right edge, graphite: “me-“; lower right corner, graphite, written twice: “15”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in black ink: Adalbert von Lanna (L.2773); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist over the framing lines; “DS 1655”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “23”; centre, graphite: “Daniel Schellinks / 1634-1701 / Amsterdam; lower centre, graphite, faded and difficult to read: “[…] / fais M[…] of Amsterdam / Ma[…] 1883 [Paraphe] //” [not in Lugt]; lower centre, graphite: “331”; lower left corner, graphite: “331: lower right edge, graphite: “me-“; lower right corner, graphite, written twice: “15”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower centre, stamped in black ink: Adalbert von Lanna (L.2773); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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