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Landscape with figures and cattle

Maker

(artist)
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

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

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
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).

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