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Rear view of a cottage with protective roof and attached well

Maker

(artist)
1621-1649

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1610-1685

Title

Date of Production

1646 - 1649

Medium

black, red and yellow (fabricated) chalk, pen and brown ink, blue and brown wash, graphite erased at lower right, on three separate overlapping pieces of laid paper, with brown ink framing lines at upper and lower edges, and all four corners cut

Dimensions

Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 20.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3991

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

Johann Jakob Faesch, Basle, (1732-around 1796), L.1468a; Falkeisen & Huber (Basle), L.1008; William Schwenck Gilbert, London (1836-1911); inherited by Miss Nancy McIntosh, London (1874-1954); her sale, Sotheby's (London), 15 October 1947, lot 21; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 7 September 1948 (£90); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986

Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1948 ...Less

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 54
ill. on p. 133

Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 50
ill. on p. 58

Schnackenburg, B., Adriaen van Ostade Isack van Ostade Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Hamburg 1981
no. 571 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 98

Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 1948, 1948
no. 42 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right edge, fragment: top of a crowned shield containing a horn (see photograph in file).

Inscription: Verso: lower left, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: “Av.Ostade HL/-/- A14817”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: Johann Jakob Faesch (L.1468a). Verso: left lower edge, graphite: Huber & Falkeisen (L.1008).

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