Ruins of the Temple of Venus at Baia, near Naples
Maker
After
1554-1626
Formerly as after
1584-1635
1554-1626
Formerly as after
1584-1635
Title
Ruins of the Temple of Venus at Baia, near Naples
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 25.7 cm
Width: 25.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3872
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
Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£6); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
J.G. van Gelder, Landschapstekeningen van Hollandse meesters uit de XVIIe eeuw uit de particuliere verzameling bewaard in het Institut Néerlandais te Parijs, Brussels - Rotterdam - Paris - Bern 1968-1969
p. 113, n. 4
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
p. 113, n. 4
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 128
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left edge, fragment: tip of a large cross? Too fragmentary to identify.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: “5”; lower left corner, brown ink: “N128”; lower left edge, brown ink (over the framing lines): “Griefler”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “.34.”. Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: “No. 52”; upper centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Guilliam Nieúlandt.”; upper right, graphite: “William van / Nieulandt / 1584-1635”; centre, graphite: “31”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink: “5”; lower left corner, brown ink: “N128”; lower left edge, brown ink (over the framing lines): “Griefler”; lower centre edge, brown ink: “.34.”. Verso: upper left edge, brown ink: “No. 52”; upper centre edge, brown ink, signed by the artist?: “Guilliam Nieúlandt.”; upper right, graphite: “William van / Nieulandt / 1584-1635”; centre, graphite: “31”.
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