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Interior of a cave with ruins of monuments

Maker

Carel Cornelisz. de Hooch (artist)
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

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

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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).

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