Roman landscape
Maker
(artist)
c. 1578 - 1661 (Life dates)
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
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
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
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).
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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