Landscape with cattle
Maker
Anton Mauve (artist)
1838-1888
1838-1888
Title
Landscape with cattle
Date of Production
1800 - 1899
Medium
black and white chalk on grey paper, laid down on a historic support, with brown ink and graphite framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Width: 36.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3407
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
Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check as is laid down.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, grey wash, signed with artist’s initials? Partially cut off: “A M” and the rest of the surname added in graphite: “auve”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left edge, graphite, erased: “16 x 22 […]”; lower right edge, graphite: “Anton Mauve” followed by an arrow point up at the initials on the drawing, all written over an erased graphite inscription, now barely legible: “[…] left to […] / below to […] mark about to pencil mark //”. Support (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: “No 4 Z”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, grey wash, signed with artist’s initials? Partially cut off: “A M” and the rest of the surname added in graphite: “auve”. Support (historic), Recto: lower left edge, graphite, erased: “16 x 22 […]”; lower right edge, graphite: “Anton Mauve” followed by an arrow point up at the initials on the drawing, all written over an erased graphite inscription, now barely legible: “[…] left to […] / below to […] mark about to pencil mark //”. Support (historic), Verso: lower right, graphite: “No 4 Z”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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