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Roman landscape

Maker

(artist)
c. 1578 - 1661 (Life dates)

Title

Roman landscape

Date of Production

1630

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 22.4 cm
Width: 33.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2858

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

Alfred von Wurzbach-Tannenberg, Vienna (1845-1915); his sale, Frederik Muller & Cie (Amsterdam), 1906, p. 305; Anton Mensing, Amsterdam (1866-1936); his estate sale, Frederik Muller & Cie (Amsterdam), 24 - 29 April 1937, lot 143; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 October 1937 (£16); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 55

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: Strasburg bend and lily above a small triangle and monogram "WP" (see tracing in file, no match in Churchill).

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on rock, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "1630. / Cock. fecit. //". Verso: lower right corner, graphite: "83".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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