Landscape with herdsman and cattle
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
1734-1781
1734-1781
Title
Landscape with herdsman and cattle
Date of Production
1756
Medium
black chalk, brown wash, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 12.2 cm
Width: 12.2 cm
Object Number
D.1952.RW.2795
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, upper right, fragment: "C [...]".
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink over black chalk, signed and dated by the artist, partially cut off at edge: "le Prince / 1756 //". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "r/t".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink over black chalk, signed and dated by the artist, partially cut off at edge: "le Prince / 1756 //". Verso: lower left corner, graphite: "r/t".
Collector's mark: none.
Provenance
Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 and 13 - 14 July 1936, lot 439; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
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