Interior of a cave with ruins of monuments
Maker
Carel Cornelisz. de Hooch (artist)
1627-1638
1627-1638
Title
Interior of a cave with ruins of monuments
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Width: 18.8 cm
Height: 19.3 cm
Height: 19.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2560
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), L.2228b, n.d. (6 shillings); 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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre edge, fragment: top of a crowned shield containing a diagonal flag (see tracing in file, not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: "183"; right upper edge, brown ink: inscription in old Dutch, not yet transcribed (see tracing in file); lower left, graphite, Witt number: "2560"; lower left corner, graphite, circled: "D.1443.".
Collector's mark: Recto: upper left edge, fragment, blindstamped: unidentified stamp, not in Lugt "[...] / ANNÉES OR[...] / AMATEUR / DES ARTS//". Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: "183"; right upper edge, brown ink: inscription in old Dutch, not yet transcribed (see tracing in file); lower left, graphite, Witt number: "2560"; lower left corner, graphite, circled: "D.1443.".
Collector's mark: Recto: upper left edge, fragment, blindstamped: unidentified stamp, not in Lugt "[...] / ANNÉES OR[...] / AMATEUR / DES ARTS//". Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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