Coast scene with tower and shipping
Maker
(artist)
1652-1736
1652-1736
Title
Coast scene with tower and shipping
Medium
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white and grey bodycolour on laid paper, on a historic support, with large areas of loss filled in at lower right corner
Dimensions
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4080
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
Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (1916-2008); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 23 June 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 15 February 1949 (£10, as 'Netherlandish, late 17th century'); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, right centre: circle containing anchor surmounted by a "V" (see tracing in file – no exact match in Briquet or Heawood). Support (historic), Verso: left centre: circle containing fleur-de-lis sumrounted by a "V" (Peter Bower had no further information on either mark).
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “19”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: “19”.
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