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Wooded landscape with classical figures

Maker

Heinrich Theodor Wehle (artist)
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

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).

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