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Diana and Actaeon with women bathing by a grotto in rocky landscape (recto)

Maker

Dirck van der Lisse (artist)
1635-1669

Title

Diana and Actaeon with women bathing by a grotto in rocky landscape (recto)

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and red chalk (likely fabricated with addition of a binder, see Notes field), brown ink wash, watercolour (recto), black and brown-red chalk, brown watercolour, added graphite (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3191

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

F.A. Drey (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; 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

Literature

Plomp, Michiel, 'Drawings by Dirck van der Lisse in Dresden: new light on a special Poelenburch pupil' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 2020 - pp. 441-492; LVIII, 4
pp. 454-57
fig. 29 on p. 455

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: bunch of grapes, above are letters “FB” (see tracing in file – not found in Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Verso: upper right corner, graphite: "11".

Collector's mark: none.

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