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Rocky coastline with ship in a storm

Maker

(artist)
1561-1635

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1554-1626

Title

Rocky coastline with ship in a storm

Date of Production

(before) 1628

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 33.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2261

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

Dr Curt Otto, Leipzig (ca. 1880-1929); his estate sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 7 November 1929, lot 32; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 September 1935 (£16); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

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

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 11
ill. on p. 47

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 127

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: crowned shield containing fleur-de-lis above monogram letters "VD" (see tracing in file, not found in Briquet, Heawood or Churchill).

Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A5620"; lower centre edge, graphite: "P. Brill".

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

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