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Landscape with ruined bridge and cattle, herdsman and dog by the side of a river

Maker

Style of
(artist)
1610-1652

Title

Date of Production

1645-1662

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey wash, black bodycolour on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, now laid down on Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Height: 28 cm
Width: 37.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3429

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

Label Text

This confident exploratory drawing portrays the relationship between architecture and the landscape as organic and unified. The prominence of vegetation and water, as well as the presence of human and animal life, suggests the notion of regeneration. Often associated with ruins in Asselyn’s designs are the long triangular clusters of hanging creeper, which cling to the architecture from which they sprout. The bridge with sagging arches is perhaps an imaginary structure based on the Ponte Molle in Rome.

Provenance

George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893); Arthur E. Anderson, Chessington (1870-1938); purchased from his executors by Colnaghi (London), 17 January 1939; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 January 1944 (£8); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Building and Destruction - Architectural Imagery from the Courtauld's Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/10/2009-17/01/2010

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

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More

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

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962 ...Less

Literature

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 16
no. 16

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 29
ill. on p. 83

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 2
pp. 12, 170
ill. on p. 13

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right centre: small horn in a shield (Peter Bower thinks it is17th century, possibly quite early).

Inscription: Verso (obscured by tissue): lower left, ink, signed and dated by the artist?: "H. Van Minderhout tot Naerden 1662.".

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, recorded in file), Recto: stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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