Rocky coastline with ship in a storm
Maker
(artist)
1561-1635
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1554-1626
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
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
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
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).
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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