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Landscape with building on top of a cliff and figures

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1583-1648

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1578-1610

Title

Landscape with building on top of a cliff and figures

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down on support

Dimensions

Height: 10.9 cm
Width: 14.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2392

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

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

Exhibition History

German Old Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969-70 (Dec.-Mar.)

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968

Adam Elsheimer: Werk, künstlerische Herkunft und Nachfolge, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt amd Main, 02/12/1966-31/01/1967 ...More

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery & Manchester & England, 24/10/1961-10/12/1961 ...Less

Literature

Jacoby, Joachim, Die Zeichnungen von Adam Elsheimer. Kritischer Katalog, Stadel Museum 2008
p. 20, n.28 on and p. 363

Adam Elsheimer: Werk, künstlerische Herkunft und Nachfolge, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1966 - 1967
cat. no. 137
pl. 118

Möhle, Hans, Die Zeichnungen Adam Elsheimers: das Werk des Meisters und der Problemkreis Elsheimer-Goudt, Berlin 1966
no. 31 ...More

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1961
cat. no. 175

Weizsäcker, Heinrich, Adam Elsheimer der Maler von Frankfurt: des Künstlers Leben und Werke, Berlin 1936-1952
p. 269
pl. 150 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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