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Rocky landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
1566-1651

Title

Rocky landscape with figures

Date of Production

(circa) 1650

Medium

black chalk, brown wash, white bodycolour on light brown laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 22.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3842

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

Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792); by descent to his grandson, Vicomte Charles-Gilbert Morel de Vindé (1759-1842); purchased from him by Samuel Woodburn (London), 1816 or 1819; Jacob Isaacs (1896-1973); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 8 March 1938; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 11 September 1946 (£7); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

Literature

Bolten, Jaap, Abraham Bloemaert c. 1565-1651: the drawings, 2007
no. 1655 on p. 486
fig. 1655 on p. 488

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 3

Bénard, M., Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, Paris 1810
p. 86 under no. 1864

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: "Blomaert". Verso (backing sheet): upper left corner, graphite: "852"; centre, graphite: "82"; lower centre, graphite: "Dijonval cabinet No 1864 / 2/4 //"; lower left, graphite: "871 - 716 / Bloemart 1864 //". Scrap from mount (now in file), graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 9954".

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