Landscape with figures and cattle
Maker
(artist)
1620-1683
1620-1683
Title
Landscape with figures and cattle
Date of Production
1653
Medium
black and brown chalk, grey and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2807
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
Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932)?; Arthur Henry Holland-Hibbert, 3rd Viscount Knutsford (1855 -1935); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 11 April 1935, lot 53; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 26 February 1936 (£3); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 25
cat. no. 25
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to support.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "Berghem .f. / 1653 //". Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: "C"; lower right, graphite, underlined: "7473".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "Berghem .f. / 1653 //". Support (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: "C"; lower right, graphite, underlined: "7473".
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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