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Mountainous landscape with a Cross

Maker

Style of
(artist)
1560-1631

Title

Mountainous landscape with a Cross

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 32.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3565

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

Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 31 March 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 3 April 1944 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 25
ill. on p. 75

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 42

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 132

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre:"RICARD" in a lozenge (per Peter Bower, Ricard worked a mill near Limoges in the 1650s).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): right centre, blue crayon, circled: "538". Mount (removed, cut down and mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower right corner, black ink: "++".

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