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Italian harbour scene

Maker

(artist)
1630-1705

Title

Italian harbour scene

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black and white chalk, some applied as white bodycolour, on blue laid paper, laid down, and laid down again on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 44.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3858

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

Erasmus Philipps, around 1730; by descent to Baron Milford, Richard Philipps, Picton Castle, Haverfordwest (1744-1823), L.2687; by descent to Sir John Philipps (d. 1949); his sale, Hans M. Calmann, London (1899-1982), 18 October 1946; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 11 November 1946; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Backing sheet, lower centre: Strasburg lily above a "V" (? Difficult to see due to three layers of paper).

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A.13979". Support (historic), Verso: upper right corner, brown ink: "No. / 403. //"; lower centre, brown ink: "Vander Cabel".

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Support (historic), Verso: centre, separately engraved label printed in black ink: Baron Milford (L.2687).

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