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Landscape with sheep and shepherds on the brow of a hill

Maker

(artist)
1656-1705

Title

Landscape with sheep and shepherds on the brow of a hill

Date of Production

1687

Medium

black chalk and graphite, watercolour, pen and black ink on laid paper, with thick black and gold ink borders, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 34.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3142

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

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Provenance

unidentified collector, L.827; John MacGowan, Edinburgh (d. 1803), L.1496; Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 and 13 - 14 July 1936, lot 302 (with two others); purchased from an anonymous source by Colnaghi (London), 27 October 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 27 October 1942 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: "VI" and same watermark on centre of backing sheet, but in reverse.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, signed and dated by the artist: "J. v der meer. / de jonge. F 1687. //".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.827). Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: John MacGowan (L.1496); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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