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Landscape with a willow tree

Maker

(artist)
1610-1690

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

charcoal and some red chalk, extensively moistened and rubbed, grey and brown wash, white and blue bodycolour on rough laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 29.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4021

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

Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), L.58; probably his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 17 - 18 July 1893, lot 291; purchased there by Hewlett (?); O. Alexander (?); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 20 October 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 25 November 1948 (£45); 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

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 69
p. 163

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Mount (removed, cut down, now mounted with the drawing): stamped in black ink: Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford (L.58); stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down, now mounted with the drawing): brown ink: "4 N.r / L. 45 //" and "P. 25"; purple ink, Colnaghi number: "A 15845".

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