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Landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
1702-1788

Title

Landscape with figures

Date of Production

1715 - 1788

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, white bodycolour (now oxidised) on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 36.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.390

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

Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792); probably by descent to his grandson, Charles-Gilbert Morel de Vindé; probably purchased from him by Samuel Woodburn (London), 1819; probably purchased from him by Thomas Dimsdale, London (1758-1823), L.2426; 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, lot 49 (with D.1952.RW.389); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£2.7); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Bénard, M., Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval, Paris 1810
no. 287 (?)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: a large crown, unable to see more details to identify.

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: “No 160”; lower left corner, graphite: “d” or “a”. Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): left, graphite: arrow pointing up / “Zucca / = (gourd) //”; right, graphite: “RW 390 / F. Zuccarelli / Colls. Dijonval / Amherst //”.

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Thomas Dimsdale (L.2426); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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