View in a Dutch village along a canal
Maker
(artist)
1660-1690
Formerly attributed to
Johannes Leupenius (artist)
1647-1693
1660-1690
Formerly attributed to
Johannes Leupenius (artist)
1647-1693
Title
View in a Dutch village along a canal
Date of Production
(circa) 1660 - 1690
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and grey-blue wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3465
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
Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon, Amsterdam (1803-1882), L.1450; Dr Curt Otto, Leipzig (ca. 1880-1929), L.611c; his estate sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 7 November 1929, lot 89 (as by Leupenius); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 18 January 1944 (£8, as by Leupenius); 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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: tip of a small fleur-de-lis?
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in brown ink: Dr Curt Otto (L.611c); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jacob de Vos Jbzn (L.1450); lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “472”; lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A5636”; lower centre edge, graphite, Witt number: D.1952.RW.3465”. Verso, glued to upper edge, printed in black ink: strip of newsprint in German: includes words “zeit”, “und” and Kunst”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in brown ink: Dr Curt Otto (L.611c); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jacob de Vos Jbzn (L.1450); lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite: “472”; lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A5636”; lower centre edge, graphite, Witt number: D.1952.RW.3465”. Verso, glued to upper edge, printed in black ink: strip of newsprint in German: includes words “zeit”, “und” and Kunst”.
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