Dream of Jacob
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
1532-1603
Title
Dream of Jacob
Date of Production
1580 - 1585
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (oxidised in places) on laid paper, incised for transfer, with brown ink framing lines, on a historic support, lower left corner made up
Dimensions
Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Width: 27.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2257
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
possibly Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Antwerp (1607-1678) [as recorded in his 1678-79 inventory]; Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke (1782-1869); by descent to his son, Reverend Willoughby John Edward Rooke (1810-1902); by descent to his niece, Muriel H. Williams (b. 1927); purchased from her by Campbell Dodgson, London (1867-1948) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), November 1926 (along with D.1952.RW.2258); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992
The Age of Breughel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and J.P. Morgan Library, New York, 02/11/1986-05/04/1987
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978 ...More
Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less
The Age of Breughel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and J.P. Morgan Library, New York, 02/11/1986-05/04/1987
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978 ...More
Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927 ...Less
Literature
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 77
pp. 162, 196
ill. on p. 163
The Age of Breughel, National Gallery of Art, Washington / Morgan Library, New York, 1986-87
cat. no. 120
no. 120
ill. on p. 304
G.L. Conran, Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
cat. no. 395 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 550
Hollstein, F.W.H., Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam 1949-2004
vol. XLIV, p. 22 under no. 70 ...Less
cat. no. 77
pp. 162, 196
ill. on p. 163
The Age of Breughel, National Gallery of Art, Washington / Morgan Library, New York, 1986-87
cat. no. 120
no. 120
ill. on p. 304
G.L. Conran, Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
cat. no. 395 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 550
Hollstein, F.W.H., Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam 1949-2004
vol. XLIV, p. 22 under no. 70 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none in the drawing. Support (historic): fragment, possibly top of a fleur-de-lis on a shield (as suggested by Peter Bower).
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "M•D•VOS•". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: arrow pointing up at signature; lower right, graphite: "Martin De Vos.". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "The original from which a print was taken".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed by the artist: "M•D•VOS•". Support (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite: arrow pointing up at signature; lower right, graphite: "Martin De Vos.". Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: "The original from which a print was taken".
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