Mountain torrent - St Gothard (recto)
Figure (verso - hidden, visible via transmitted light)
Maker
(artist)
1812-1845
1812-1845
Title
Mountain torrent - St Gothard (recto)
Figure (verso - hidden, visible via transmitted light)
Figure (verso - hidden, visible via transmitted light)
Date of Production
(?) 1834
Medium
graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper (now brown in pictorial area), laid down; a drawing hidden on the verso is visible via transmitted light
Dimensions
Height: 35.9 cm
Width: 25 cm
Width: 25 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3291
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
Notes
Inspired by the watercolours of Cotman, Müller’s free manner of painting with dry brushwork evokes the vitality of the landscape.
Provenance
O. Alexander; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 5 May 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), 25 May 1943, for £9; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Literature
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 56
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 58
cat. no. 56
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 36
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 58
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: "1/2 imp"; upper centre, graphite: "St Gothard Devils Bridge"; left centre, graphite: "no 6"; right centre, graphite, partially erased: "2 / Separate frame"; lower right, graphite, the 'e' circled: "zw / e". Backing sheet? (removed, see photo in file), Verso: graphite: "The Devils Bridge, Mount St Gothard / William Muller / Exhib Arts Council 1948/49". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "W.J. Muller".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)
Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: "1/2 imp"; upper centre, graphite: "St Gothard Devils Bridge"; left centre, graphite: "no 6"; right centre, graphite, partially erased: "2 / Separate frame"; lower right, graphite, the 'e' circled: "zw / e". Backing sheet? (removed, see photo in file), Verso: graphite: "The Devils Bridge, Mount St Gothard / William Muller / Exhib Arts Council 1948/49". Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "W.J. Muller".
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