Landscape with cottages and figures
Maker
(artist)
1595-1661
1595-1661
Title
Landscape with cottages and figures
Date of Production
(circa) 1657 - 1659
Medium
black, yellow (fabricated) and red chalk, moistened in areas, on laid paper, with black and red chalk framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 18.1 cm
Width: 29.9 cm
Width: 29.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4014
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
W. Thompson; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 4 October 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 25 November 1948 (£20); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)
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
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
Literature
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 53
p. 131
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 11
cat. no. 53
p. 131
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 11
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: coat of arms (see tracing in file, variant of Briquet 884 - Soleure after 1469).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, signed by the artist, first two letters monogram: “PMolyn”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black chalk, signed by the artist, first two letters monogram: “PMolyn”.
Collector's mark: none.
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