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Sluice gate

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1593-1641

(artist)
1600-1699

Title

Sluice gate

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 12.4 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3811

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

François Fagel, Holland (1657-1746/47); his estate sale, T. Philipe (London), 27 - 30 May 1801; purchased there by William Esdaile, London (1758-1837); Dr Alfred Scharf, London (1900-1965); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: letter "B" above a star? (difficult to discern due to the mount).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso (hidden under mount, just visible via transmitted light), centre, ink: “C[…]uo”. Mount (historic), Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: "772"; lower right corner, several lines in graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: "Son[...] 1686 / [...]2 / [...]dale Colln [...] //". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, brown ink, William Esdaile's hand: "Fagells colln 1801 P96_N".

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