Landscape with classical ruins
Maker
(artist)
1627-1689
1627-1689
Title
Landscape with classical ruins
Date of Production
1667
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2550
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
William Mayor, London (1826-1874), L.2639 and L.2799, 1845 until at least 1871; E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Mayor, William, A brief Chronological Description of a collection of Original Drawings and Sketches by the most celebrated Masters, London 1871
no. 777
no. 777
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: lower half of an eagle with spread wings.
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Jac: Vand'Ulft. F 1667.". Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined: "S.W."; right lower edge, graphite: "18"; lower right corner, graphite, circled: "D. 1330.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: William Mayor (L.2799). Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, pen and brown ink: unidentified, but most likely William Mayor (L.2639).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Jac: Vand'Ulft. F 1667.". Verso: lower left, graphite, underlined: "S.W."; right lower edge, graphite: "18"; lower right corner, graphite, circled: "D. 1330.".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: William Mayor (L.2799). Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, pen and brown ink: unidentified, but most likely William Mayor (L.2639).
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