Peasants with cattle and wagons on a road
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1568-1625
(artist)
1568-1625
Title
Peasants with cattle and wagons on a road
Date of Production
(November) 1610
Medium
pen and brown and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 19.9 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Width: 31.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3952
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
Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919) [not evident in the catalogue of his estate sale at Christie's, 30 January 1920, though not all drawings were listed in detail]; Dr Carl Robert Rudolf, London (1884-1974), L.2811b; Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£47.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Literature
Honig, Elizabeth Alice et al., Jan Brueghel: complete catalogue, https://www.janbrueghel.net/search/site/courtauld [accessed 8 March 2021]
Ertz, Klaus, Josse de Momper der Jüngere (1564-1635). Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Freren 1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 29 ...More
Klaus Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625): Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Cologne, 1979
pp. 218-19 and p. 525n254
fig. 273
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124 ...Less
Ertz, Klaus, Josse de Momper der Jüngere (1564-1635). Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Freren 1986
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 29 ...More
Klaus Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568-1625): Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Cologne, 1979
pp. 218-19 and p. 525n254
fig. 273
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: a countermark: a vertical monogram: “4 / C / W”.
Wire Profile:
Laid line frequency: 10 per cm, variable
Chain line widths: 22 mm apart, variable
(from Peter Bower's 2021 Report)
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Dr Carl Robert Rudolf (L.2811b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, grey ink, disturbed by the framing line over it: “november 1610”. Verso: lower right, graphite: “#1”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Dr Carl Robert Rudolf (L.2811b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, grey ink, disturbed by the framing line over it: “november 1610”. Verso: lower right, graphite: “#1”.
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