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Farmhouse by the Diemerdijk, Amsterdam

Maker

(artist)
1619-1688

Title

Farmhouse by the Diemerdijk, Amsterdam

Date of Production

(circa) 1667 - 1671

Medium

brown wash, pen and brown ink, white bodycolour, on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 12.3 cm
Width: 17.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3388

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

possibly Ignatius Franciscus Ellinckhuysen, Rotterdam (1814-1897) [see Comments]; John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1507; purchased from him by Colnaghi & Obach (London), October 1912 (according to Lugt, L.1507 was the mark appended by Colnaghi to the 600+ sheets acquired from Heseltine at this time); Henry Oppenheimer, London (1859-1932); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 10 and 13-14 July 1936, lot 260; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London), for £95; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968 ...Less

Literature

Gerson, H., Philips Koninck, Berlin 1936
p. 65 and no. Z61
has incorrect measurements

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 40

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 49
ill. on p. 123

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: left centre edge, graphite: "278"; lower right, graphite: "2120"; lower left corner, graphite: "DG / a 59 //" [not in Lugt].

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1507). Support (removed, see photo in file), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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