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View of the Seine, Paris

Maker

(artist)
1500-1599

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1500-1599

Title

View of the Seine, Paris

Date of Production

1500 - 1599

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 30 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.362

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




Notes

Another version of this drawing, probably the original, is dated 1574 and is in the collection of the Musée Condé, Chantilly (inv. DE 371).

Provenance

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (as attributed to French School, with a question mark); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: top edge, center : "1574" (partly cropped and hidden by conservation paper/tape); Verso: lower right, graphite, erased and now illegible: "a[...] / O[...] //"; lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: "362".

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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