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Wooded landscape with sheep

Maker

(artist)
1656-1705

Title

Wooded landscape with sheep

Date of Production

1686

Medium

black chalk and graphite, watercolour on laid paper, with black and brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 14.9 cm
Width: 19.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2847

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

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; acquired from an unnamed source by Colnaghi (London), 30 September 1937; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 30 September 1937 (£3 and in part exchange for other drawings); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 60

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: lower portion of a foolscap above a "4" above three large stacked circles.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "J v der meer / de jonger 1686 //". Verso: lower left corner, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1834 WE 40[the former number crossed out] 40x"; lower centre edge, brown ink: "J. Vander Meer.".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower right corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).

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