Landscape with figures running before a storm
Maker
(artist)
1610-1690
1610-1690
Title
Landscape with figures running before a storm
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, grey wash on laid paper, hinged at the top to a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 30.2 cm
Width: 36.1 cm
Width: 36.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3432
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
John MacGowan, Edinburgh (d. 1803), L.1496; W.W. Wheeler (London); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 31 December 1943; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 3 January 1944 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: large foolscap with extra tall points on cap and five bells, above "4" above three stacked circles; Countermark: Recto, right centre: small letters "P_C" (not found in Heawood, Churchill or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left corner, hidden in foliage, black chalk, signed with the artist's monogram: "AW". Verso: right lower edge, graphite: "29". Mount (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: "No. 6"; lower left (hidden under drawing), graphite: arrow pointing up at monogram on drawing; lower centre (hidden under drawing), graphite: "The Storm"; lower right (hidden under drawing), graphite: "Antonie Waterloo"; lower left edge, graphite, the letter circled: "11 3/4 x 10 1/4 S"; lower left, graphite, erased: "Storm [...]"; lower right edge, graphite: "Signed A.W. / From the Colln of John MacGowan F.R.S. = 1750. //"; lower right, grey ink, Colnaghi?: "Col-". Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: "4 G"; lower centre, brown ink: "mistake / agreed for 2.12.6 //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: John MacGowan (L.1496). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left corner, hidden in foliage, black chalk, signed with the artist's monogram: "AW". Verso: right lower edge, graphite: "29". Mount (historic), Recto: upper centre edge, graphite: "No. 6"; lower left (hidden under drawing), graphite: arrow pointing up at monogram on drawing; lower centre (hidden under drawing), graphite: "The Storm"; lower right (hidden under drawing), graphite: "Antonie Waterloo"; lower left edge, graphite, the letter circled: "11 3/4 x 10 1/4 S"; lower left, graphite, erased: "Storm [...]"; lower right edge, graphite: "Signed A.W. / From the Colln of John MacGowan F.R.S. = 1750. //"; lower right, grey ink, Colnaghi?: "Col-". Mount (historic), Verso: lower centre, graphite: "4 G"; lower centre, brown ink: "mistake / agreed for 2.12.6 //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: John MacGowan (L.1496). Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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