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Classical landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
1600-1665

Title

Classical landscape with figures

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2706

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 Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1835; Edward Foster & Son (London), 6 February 1935, lot 55 (along with D.1952.RW.2705 and 2707); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "Herman". Verso: upper left corner, brown ink, partly hidden under an added strip of paper: "[...]an lueres [?]"; lower left corner, graphite, underlined: "e"; lower left and centre edge, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1835 WE Swanefeldt.".

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