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Farmyard

Maker

Style of
(artist)
1566-1651

Title

Farmyard

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and red chalk with stumping, pen and brown ink, grey wash, traces of white bodycolour on laid paper, the roof partly incised for transfer, the verso lightly prepared with black chalk, upper right corner repaired

Dimensions

Height: 20.7 cm
Width: 32.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3136

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

haylofts







Provenance

Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 April 1941; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 27 October 1942 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 33
ill. on p. 91

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 9

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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