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Landscape with cattle outside a town hall

Maker

(artist)
1624-1694

Title

Landscape with cattle outside a town hall

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk and watercolour on laid paper, with black ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 39.3 cm
Width: 30.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.236

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

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£6.8); 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

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

Dutch drawings XVIth to XVIIIth century lent by Sir Robert and Lady Witt, Campbell Dodgson, Julian G. Lousada and J.C. Witt., Oxford Arts Club, 05/01/1929-02/02/1929

Inscriptions

Watermark: upper centre: horn in a shield (see tracing in file; variant of Churchill 315 – dated 1623, other dates until 1695 – or Heawood 2681 – dated 1683).

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right on walls, black chalk, signed by the artist, first two letters monogram: WROMEYN. Verso: lower left corner, black chalk: W. Romeyn; lower left corner, brown ink, partly obscured by handling edges: 3i56. 2; lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: 236.

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

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