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Market place in a high wind

Maker

(artist)
1679-1772

Title

Market place in a high wind

Date of Production

1771

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 51.8 cm
Width: 75.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3602

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

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Provenance

J. Wilson (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 18 August 1944; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 31 August 1944 (£50); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Paintings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon, Tate Gallery, London, 01/07/1967-30/07/1967

Paintings and Drawings by Marcellus Laroon, Aldeburgh Festival, 03/06/1967-25/06/1967

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953 ...More

Marcellus Laroon, Blairman Gallery, London, 1951 ...Less

Literature

Raines, Robert, Marcellus Laroon, London and New York, 1967
no. 70
pl. 71

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30

Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953
cat. no. 439

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left centre: "IHS"; Countermark: Recto, right centre: Strasburg lily (unable to see more details but similar examples in Churchill 423-428 are dated 1645-1702, Heawood 1780-1798 all 17th century).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, brown ink, titled: "A high Wind."; lower right, brown ink, signed and dated: "AEtat. 92. Marcellus Laroon. F. 1771.".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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