Landscape with ruined arch and figure
Maker
(artist)
1764-1835
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1712-1793
1764-1835
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1712-1793
Title
Landscape with ruined arch and figure
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 48.4 cm
Width: 35.4 cm
Width: 35.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3175
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
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him in an exchange by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Five centuries of drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, October 1953-November 1953
Eighteenth-century Venice, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 03/01/1951-18/04/1951
Eighteenth-century Venice, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 03/01/1951-18/04/1951
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: crowned coat-of-arms, with two stars in the crown and three stars in the centre, above letters "FL".
Inscription: Recto: right lower margin, graphite: “#2”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “3175”. Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: “x”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: right lower margin, graphite: “#2”; lower left corner, graphite, Witt number: “3175”. Verso: lower centre edge, graphite: “x”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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