Classical landscape with figures
Maker
(artist)
1600-1665
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
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.".
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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