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Horse and rider, seen from behind

Maker

(artist)
1631-1690

Title

Horse and rider, seen from behind

Date of Production

1645 - 1690

Medium

offset (from an oil painting) on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 31.4 cm
Width: 21.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3340

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

unidentified collector, L.2084; H. Tozer; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 7 October 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 19 October 1943 (£18); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Material Evidence, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 30/10/1998-24/01/1999

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

French 17th Century Drawings, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1956

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less

Literature

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 80

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 87

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: ornamented arms of France and Navarre (per Peter Bower, used by many French papermakers during the first half of the 17th century).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: unidentified collector (L.2084).

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "PAR VANDERMEULEN.". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, red chalk: "E".

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