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Landscape with a steep road and figures

Maker

(artist)
1665-1722

Title

Landscape with a steep road and figures

Date of Production

1687

Medium

black chalk, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 26 cm
Width: 19 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2305

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

E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 30

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left edge, cut off: Arms of Amsterdam.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "van straaten / 1687 //". Verso: centre, graphite: "43"; lower centre, graphite: "D630"; lower right, graphite: "T.4".

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

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