Mountain landscape, with men driving cattle
Maker
(artist)
1729-1816
1729-1816
Title
Mountain landscape, with men driving cattle
Date of Production
1744 - 1816
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines, laid down on a green paper support
Dimensions
Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4046
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
Ellis and Smith (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Literature
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 39
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
cat. no. 39
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 17
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet. Support (historic): lower centre edge, fragment: lower half of a Strasburg lily above “GR”.
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Wittt number: “4046”; lower right edge, graphite: “[?]/m to clip book”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “7”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in black:Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite, Wittt number: “4046”; lower right edge, graphite: “[?]/m to clip book”. Support (historic), Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “7”.
Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: lower left, stamped in black:Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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