Tollhouse, probably the Oude Wachthuis on the River Kil, near Dordrecht
Maker
(artist)
1627-1692
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1620-1691
1627-1692
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1620-1691
Title
Tollhouse, probably the Oude Wachthuis on the River Kil, near Dordrecht
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.4 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3457
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
Émile Galichon, Paris (1829-1875), L.856; his estate sale, Clément (Paris), 10 - 14 May 1875, lot 29 (as by Cuyp); purchased there by his brother, Louis Galichon, Paris (1829-1893), L.1060; C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 4 December 1935; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) (where the attribution was changed from Cuyp to Roghman); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 26 February 1936 (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
Literature
Turner, Jane Shoaf and Christopher White, Dutch and Flemish drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2014
p. 92 under no. 47
ill. on p. 92
Under no. 47
Sumowski, Werner, trans. by Walter L. Strauss, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, 10 vols., New York 1979-1992
vol. X, p. 5014 under no. 2
p. 92 under no. 47
ill. on p. 92
Under no. 47
Sumowski, Werner, trans. by Walter L. Strauss, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, 10 vols., New York 1979-1992
vol. X, p. 5014 under no. 2
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Arms of Amsterdam (partial tracing in file, but the full watermark is there, is just obscured by the heavy wash).
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, brown ink, partially erased: “45 [?]”; upper left, graphite, erased and obscured by L.1060: “950 950 / +. / […] //”; upper right, graphite, partially erased: “Ruisdail / […] //”; upper right corner, brown ink, crossed out in graphite: “115”; upper right corner, graphite: “+.” and again right of centre “+”.
Collector's mark: Verso: upper left corner, stamped in blue ink: Louis Galichon (L.1060); lower centre, stamped in black ink: Emile Galichon (L.856); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, brown ink, partially erased: “45 [?]”; upper left, graphite, erased and obscured by L.1060: “950 950 / +. / […] //”; upper right, graphite, partially erased: “Ruisdail / […] //”; upper right corner, brown ink, crossed out in graphite: “115”; upper right corner, graphite: “+.” and again right of centre “+”.
Collector's mark: Verso: upper left corner, stamped in blue ink: Louis Galichon (L.1060); lower centre, stamped in black ink: Emile Galichon (L.856); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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