Landscape with ruins and washerwoman by a stream
Maker
Jean Henry Alexandre Pernet (artist)
1763-1789
1763-1789
Title
Landscape with ruins and washerwoman by a stream
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, cut into an oval, with brown ink framing lines, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm
Width: 21.3 cm
Width: 21.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3621
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
Weininger (?); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Backing sheet: centre: fleur-de-lis above a shield with a bend, above a “V” – could be “VDL” but is unclear.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right in the water, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Pernet”. Verso (backing sheet): right centre, brown ink, both lines crossed through: “N / 1982 //”; lower right, graphite, unclear: “M Parke £30/-“.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower right in the water, brown ink, signed by the artist: “Pernet”. Verso (backing sheet): right centre, brown ink, both lines crossed through: “N / 1982 //”; lower right, graphite, unclear: “M Parke £30/-“.
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower centre edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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