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Landscape with classical ruins

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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