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Landscape with a river and small boats (recto)

Maker

Isaac Major (artist)
1588-1642

Title

Landscape with a river and small boats (recto)

Date of Production

1600-1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash, with brown ink framing lines (recto), graphite (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.4 cm
Width: 14.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.385

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

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Provenance

Carl Wiesböck, Vienna (1811-1874), L.2576; possibly William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909); by descent to his wife, Margaret Susan Mitford (1835-1919); her estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 December 1921; possibly purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

German Old Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1969-70 (Dec.-Mar.)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, dark brown ink: “No. 82.”. Verso: lower left, brown ink, Wiesböck’s hand?: “Isac Major”; lower right corner, graphite, Witt number: “RW 385”.

Collector's mark: Verso: upper left corner, brown ink: Carl Wiesböck (L.2576); lower right, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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