Northern port in winter (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1614-1652
1614-1652
Title
Northern port in winter (recto)
Date of Production
c. 1641-1644
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto and verso) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2436
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
possibly Gustav Nebehay, Vienna (1881-1935) [Witt's index card records the seller's name simply as 'Neb.']; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£15); 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
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 17
ill. on p. 59
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 71
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
cat. no. 17
ill. on p. 59
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 71
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "453" [Northern Landscape cat. says "483" but looks more like a '5'].
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper right corner, graphite, underlined: "453" [Northern Landscape cat. says "483" but looks more like a '5'].
Collector's mark: none.
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