Emmerich on the Rhine
Maker
(artist)
1703-1785
1703-1785
Title
Emmerich on the Rhine
Date of Production
1739
Medium
graphite, pen and brown and grey ink, watercolour, bodycolour, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines partly trimmed away
Dimensions
Height: 14 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2784
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
Sotheby's (London), 1 July 1936, lot 24; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Empire Art Loan Collections Society Exhibition, South Africa, 1937-38
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, right lower edge on building, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist, first three letters monogram: "JBD: ad vivi del / 1739. //". Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "Gezigt f Emeris. [macron over “m”] / No3 //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, right lower edge on building, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist, first three letters monogram: "JBD: ad vivi del / 1739. //". Verso: upper centre, brown ink: "Gezigt f Emeris. [macron over “m”] / No3 //".
Collector's mark: none.
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