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Wood landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
1601-1653

Title

Wood landscape with figures

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, grey wash, white bodycolour on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 31.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3467

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

unidentified collector, L.474; Johann Gottlob Schumann, Dresden (1761-1810), L.2344, Dresden; B. Barnett (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi, 5 October 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 22 February 1949 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: three stacked circles above three letters - difficult to read them due to support sheet - "LAC"? (Not found in Heawood or Piccard).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Johann Gottlob Schumann (L.2344); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: unidentified collector (L.474). Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: twice at lower left edge, graphite: "Waterloo"; lower left edge, brown ink: "5 x 13". Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: "Schumann Coll / 19,3 : 3i"; lower right edge, graphite, underlined: "4".

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