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Landscape with cottages and figures

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

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.

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