Landscape with cattle outside a town hall
Maker
(artist)
1624-1694
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
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
Keywords
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
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).
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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