Wooded landscape with classical figures
Maker
Heinrich Theodor Wehle (artist)
1778-1805
1778-1805
Title
Wooded landscape with classical figures
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite and grey wash on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 21 cm
Width: 21 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.278
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
Alfred von Heydeck, Dessau (1787-1856), L.2519; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto, upper left corner, graphite, Witt number: 278. Verso: left lower edge, graphite: H.Z.p.Wov[?]3; lower centre edge, graphite, unclear: Heinr. Theodr. Wehler / Landsch. Sk[...] /uit [...] in 1563; lower right corner, graphite: #3. Mount: Recto: lower left, graphite: 8. / Mark. Lugt. 2379; lower left, graphite: #3 / Clip / Lene; lower centre, graphite on white label: H.T. Wehle / German 1778-1805 #3 / Coll. A. von Heydeck.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in blue ink: Adolf von Heydeck (L.2519).
Inscription: Recto, upper left corner, graphite, Witt number: 278. Verso: left lower edge, graphite: H.Z.p.Wov[?]3; lower centre edge, graphite, unclear: Heinr. Theodr. Wehler / Landsch. Sk[...] /uit [...] in 1563; lower right corner, graphite: #3. Mount: Recto: lower left, graphite: 8. / Mark. Lugt. 2379; lower left, graphite: #3 / Clip / Lene; lower centre, graphite on white label: H.T. Wehle / German 1778-1805 #3 / Coll. A. von Heydeck.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in blue ink: Adolf von Heydeck (L.2519).
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