Landscape with a river and small boats (recto)
Maker
Isaac Major (artist)
1588-1642
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
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
Keywords
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).
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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