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Fantastic landscape with figures

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1576-1632

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1568-1625

Title

Date of Production

c. 1600

Medium

pen and brown, grey and blue ink, brown, grey and blue wash, on laid paper, with black ink framing lines mostly trimmed away, laid down on card

Dimensions

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 39.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2263

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

Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke (1782-1869); by descent to his second son, Reverend Willoughby John Edward Rooke (1810-1892); by descent to Muriel H. Williams (b. 1927); purchased from her by Campbell Dodgson, London (1867-1948) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, November 1926 (10 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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

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

Literature

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 32

Franz, H.G., Niederlandische Lanschaftsmalerei im Zeitalter des Manierismus, Graz 1969
vol. I, p. 274; vol. II, p. 215
fig. 423

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124 ...More

Honig, Elizabeth Alice et al., Jan Brueghel: complete catalogue, https://www.janbrueghel.net/search/site/courtauld [accessed 8 March 2021] ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: right centre: large fleur de lys (though chain lines seem to run perpendicular, so may be on an intermediary sheet used for lining) backing sheet, centre: letters visible in raking light, unable to decipher.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, grey ink: “J. Breugel.”.

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

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