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Horse and cart crossing a ford

Maker

Jan (van) Nickelen (artist)
1656-1721

Title

Horse and cart crossing a ford

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

black chalk, grey wash, on laid paper, with black ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.4 cm
Width: 18.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2280

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

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Provenance

sale of 'Property of a Gentleman', Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1927 lot 51; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) [also purchased D.1952.RW.1104, see Witt card for the latter]; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: “C” and “H” flanking two stacked “x”s joined by rods and a serpent (not found in Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, signed with the artist’s initials?: “IVN”. Verso: lower left, brown ink: “No. 150.”, written over a graphite “150”; lower left, graphite: “q.t..”; lower right, graphite: “Johan van Nikkelen / 1649 + 1716. //”.

Collector's mark: none.

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