Poultry market in an imaginary Venetian setting
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1540-1609
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1699
Attributed to
(artist)
1550-1605
(artist)
1540-1609
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1699
Attributed to
(artist)
1550-1605
Title
Poultry market in an imaginary Venetian setting
Date of Production
c. 1620
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 30.1 cm
Width: 30.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.311
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
Adolf Glüenstein, Hamburg (b. 1849), L.123; Maison F.A.C. Prestel (collector's mark used until about 1908), L.2730; Benno Geiger, Italy and Vienna (1882-1965); His sale (Sotheby's London, 7-10 December 1920, lot 532; as 'Reulof de Vries'); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London, (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.95); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580: the portico and the farmyard, Hayward Gallery, London, 21/08/1975-12/10/1975
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580: the portico and the farmyard, Hayward Gallery, London, 21/08/1975-12/10/1975
Literature
Meijer, Bert W., Il disegno Veneziano, 1580-1650. Ricostruzioni storico-artistiche, Florence 2017
p. 398, no. 8
questioned the former attr. to de Vries, according to the author "copy after a lost painting by de Vries"
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580: the portico and the farmyard, Hayward Gallery, London, 1975
cat. no. 219
Wegner, Wolfgang, 'Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Werkes von Lodewyck Toeput' in 'Arte Veneta', 1961; XV
unpag.
Illus. no. 122
offprint in file ...More
K.T. Parker, "Dirck de Vries", in: Old Master Drawings. A Quarterly Magazine for Students and Collectors, 9 (December 1934), pp. 52-53
p. 53
Doubts Vorenkamp's attribution to Dirck de Vries ...Less
p. 398, no. 8
questioned the former attr. to de Vries, according to the author "copy after a lost painting by de Vries"
Andrea Palladio 1508-1580: the portico and the farmyard, Hayward Gallery, London, 1975
cat. no. 219
Wegner, Wolfgang, 'Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Werkes von Lodewyck Toeput' in 'Arte Veneta', 1961; XV
unpag.
Illus. no. 122
offprint in file ...More
K.T. Parker, "Dirck de Vries", in: Old Master Drawings. A Quarterly Magazine for Students and Collectors, 9 (December 1934), pp. 52-53
p. 53
Doubts Vorenkamp's attribution to Dirck de Vries ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: crossbow in a circle (per Peter Bower, an unidentified Italian papermaker).
Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: Teodoro de fries; upper centre, graphite: 1631-; upper centre, graphite: 6; lower left, graphite: R de Vries; lower left edge, graphite: No 56; lower right edge, graphite: P.P.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in blue : Adolf Glüenstein (L.123); lower right, stamped in black: Maison F.A.C. Prestel (L.2730); lower right corner, stamped in black : Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: Teodoro de fries; upper centre, graphite: 1631-; upper centre, graphite: 6; lower left, graphite: R de Vries; lower left edge, graphite: No 56; lower right edge, graphite: P.P.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in blue : Adolf Glüenstein (L.123); lower right, stamped in black: Maison F.A.C. Prestel (L.2730); lower right corner, stamped in black : Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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