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Ruin on the bank of a river

Maker

Johann Kaspar Heilmann (artist)
1718-1760

Title

Ruin on the bank of a river

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

black, blue, red and yellow chalk, graphite, washes over the chalks, on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 27.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3954

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

Carl Rolas du Rosey, Dresden (d. 1862), L.2237; Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check the drawing due to the mount. Mount (historic): lower centre edge, fragment: letters, unable to identify.

Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre, extract printed in black ink from a catalogue, but which refers to a different drawing, and it is cut off: “Heilmann, H.C... / Terrasse mit jungem Holz bewachsen; im Vorgrunde ein / Steinbruch, wobei zwei Männer beschäftigt sind. Ange- / nehm mit Tusche ausgeführt und bezeichnet: H.C. Heil- [...] //”; lower right, graphite, with line pointing to reference to signature on catalogue clipping: “where?”; lower right edge, graphite: “71”; lower right corner, graphite: “Open”. Mount (historic), Verso: left lower edge, graphite: “21”; lower left corner, graphite, cut off: “[...] Shgn [?] / 13 //”; lower right, red chalk, partially covered with remnant of a former backing sheet: “C [...]”; lower right corner, graphite: “#6”; lower right corner, brown ink, partially covered with remnant of a former backing sheet: “heilmann / M[...]lin [...] //”; lower centre edge, graphite, cut off: “[...]her”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blue ink: partial stamp of Carl Rolas du Rosey (L.2237). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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