Landscape with building on top of a cliff and figures
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1583-1648
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1578-1610
(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
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
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
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.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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