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View of Canterbury with the Cathedral

Maker

Claude de Jongh (artist)
1600-1663

Title

View of Canterbury with the Cathedral

Date of Production

1627

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 15.2 cm
Width: 26 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3560

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

Dr Curt Otto, Leipzig (around 1880-1929); Dr Albert Welcker, Amsterdam (b. 1884); sale of property of a Gentleman, Sotheby's (London), 19 April 1944, lot 8 (as 'View of Malines'); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£3.10); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

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

The Artist's View of Canterbury, Royal Museum, Canterbury, 06/04/1985-04/05/1985 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 54

Hayes, John, 'Claude de Jongh' in 'Burlington Magazine', January 1956 - pp. 3-11; 634, XCVIII
p. 4

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 96

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "Claude de Jonghe 1627."

Collector's mark: none.

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