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River landscape

Maker

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

Title

River landscape

Date of Production

1646

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on parchment, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 42.5 cm
Width: 59.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.31

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

Label Text

Drawn on costly vellum, this large, elaborate landscape was probably made for a collector. The majestic tree in the foreground has been rendered with exceptionally varied penwork, its twisted trunk and feathery foliage built up with layers of fine detail. Little is known of de Cock and only a handful of works can be securely attributed to him. His treatment of the woodland at left suggests a familiarity with the work of Gillis van Coninxloo, an important forest painter of the previous generation.

Provenance

E. Parsons & Sons (London), cat. 38, 1921, lot 158; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£4.9); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Regarding Trees, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2016-25/09/2016

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

Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999 ...More

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986

Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28 ...Less

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 35
Illus. p. 95

Inscriptions

Watermark: n/a.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist, stained and faded: "M: le Cocq notavit 1646".

Collector's mark: none.

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