Woman knitting
Maker
(artist)
1591-1621
1591-1621
Title
Woman knitting
Date of Production
early 1620s
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 13.4 cm
Width: 8.9 cm
Width: 8.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3817.3
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
Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872); by descent to his grandson, Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick (1856-1938); purchased from the Fenwick estate by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 1946; given by him to Sir Robert Witt, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Willem Buytewech, Rotterdam and Paris, 1974-1975
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Willem Buytewech, Rotterdam and Paris, 1974-1975
A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections, University of Sussex, Falmer, 1964 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 17
Willem Buytewech, Rotterdam, November 1974 - January 1975; Paris, January - March 1975, 1974-1975
cat. no. 80
ill.
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 61
cat. no. 17
Willem Buytewech, Rotterdam, November 1974 - January 1975; Paris, January - March 1975, 1974-1975
cat. no. 80
ill.
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 61
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite, signed by the artist?, monogram: "WB". Verso: upper left, graphite: "V-3"; lower right corner, graphite: "#C".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite, signed by the artist?, monogram: "WB". Verso: upper left, graphite: "V-3"; lower right corner, graphite: "#C".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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