Landscape with figures
Maker
(artist)
1702-1788
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
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
Keywords
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 (?)
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).
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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