Landscape with figures and a ruined arch
Maker
Copy after
(artist)
1711-1767
(artist)
1711-1767
Title
Landscape with figures and a ruined arch
Date of Production
(?) 1766
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper treated with a varnish, inlaid into a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 32.4 cm
Width: 43.8 cm
Width: 43.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2935
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 Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: left centre, difficult to see due to mount: "I" or "L"?
Inscription: Recto: upper left within the drawing, above the arch, brown ink: “R C R” and scribbles approximating lines of text below; lower left corner, brown ink: “1766”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “Joseph Zocchi del.” and below that in graphite, Witt number: “2935”; lower centre, graphite: “dated 1766”, and below that is a brown ink inscription that has been trimmed away; lower right corner, graphite: “1711-1767”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “Septa drawing”; upper right, graphite: “mt”; lower centre, graphite: “Replica of Louvre / C”; lower left corner, blue crayon: “Cl” [or “A”].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper left within the drawing, above the arch, brown ink: “R C R” and scribbles approximating lines of text below; lower left corner, brown ink: “1766”. Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, brown ink: “Joseph Zocchi del.” and below that in graphite, Witt number: “2935”; lower centre, graphite: “dated 1766”, and below that is a brown ink inscription that has been trimmed away; lower right corner, graphite: “1711-1767”. Mount (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “Septa drawing”; upper right, graphite: “mt”; lower centre, graphite: “Replica of Louvre / C”; lower left corner, blue crayon: “Cl” [or “A”].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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