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Ruins of the Temple of Venus at Baia, near Naples

Maker

After

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

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

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”.

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