Italian landscape with buildings and figures
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1652-1736
(artist)
1652-1736
Title
Italian landscape with buildings and figures
Medium
black chalk on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3369
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
an anonymous eighteenth-century collection; sale of that collection, Sotheby's (London), 2 February 1944, lot 91a; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 14 February 1944 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, brown ink: "Gasparo van Wittel"; lower centre edge, graphite: "7 / s //"; lower right, graphite, unclear but same as on D.1952.RW.3505: "press".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, brown ink: "Gasparo van Wittel"; lower centre edge, graphite: "7 / s //"; lower right, graphite, unclear but same as on D.1952.RW.3505: "press".
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