Landscape with trees and houses
Maker
(artist)
1607-1674
1607-1674
Title
Landscape with trees and houses
Date of Production
(circa) 1665
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash, on laid paper, with black ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 40.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2747
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
Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon, Amsterdam (1803-1882), L.1450; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 10 June 1931, lot 53; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)
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
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
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
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
Literature
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 51
ill. on p. 127
Schneider, H. and R.E.O. Ekkart, Jan Lievens, sein Leben und seine Werke, Amsterdam and Israel 1973
pp. 238, 373, nos. Z338, Z338a
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 57 ...More
cat. no. 51
ill. on p. 127
Schneider, H. and R.E.O. Ekkart, Jan Lievens, sein Leben und seine Werke, Amsterdam and Israel 1973
pp. 238, 373, nos. Z338, Z338a
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 57 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: an arrow? Unable to see clearly.
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink: "N:130"; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "jan lievens"? Abraded, but looks more like "van levdem". Verso: upper centre edge, remnant of some newspaper backing with text in either Dutch or German; lower centre, graphite, priced: "10 Flr"; lower left edge, graphite, erased: "[...] / 6:[...] //"; lower centre edge, graphite: "34"; lower right corner, brown ink: "4."; lower right corner, graphite: "16".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jacob de Vos Jbzn (L.1450).
Inscription: Recto: upper left edge, brown ink: "N:130"; lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: "jan lievens"? Abraded, but looks more like "van levdem". Verso: upper centre edge, remnant of some newspaper backing with text in either Dutch or German; lower centre, graphite, priced: "10 Flr"; lower left edge, graphite, erased: "[...] / 6:[...] //"; lower centre edge, graphite: "34"; lower right corner, brown ink: "4."; lower right corner, graphite: "16".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jacob de Vos Jbzn (L.1450).
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