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Italian seaport

Maker

(artist)
1616-1677

Title

Italian seaport

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, grey wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 23.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.325

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

Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 30 January 1920, lot 152 (with 4 others); purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (£3.15 for all); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 37

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: small letters "F B" (not found in Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: within drawing, lower right on rock, grey ink, signed with artist's monogram: "TW". Verso: centre, graphite: "5"; right of centre, graphite: "151/21"; lower left corner, graphite: "Th. Wyck No. 12 / 60 //"; lower left corner, brown ink: "N.2235."; lower left corner, graphite: "N_125".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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