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Ruined castle on a cliff wooded with fir trees

Maker

Frederik van Valckenborch (artist)
1566-1623

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1534-1612

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1576-1639

Title

Ruined castle on a cliff wooded with fir trees

Date of Production

1550 - 1612

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.4 cm
Width: 14.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4096

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

Helene de Beer, London (1898-1984); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 9 February 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 15 February 1949 (£20, as by Savery); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Roelandt Savery 1576-1639, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ghent, 10/04/1954-13/06/1954

Literature

Gerszi, Teréz, 'Neuere Aspekte der Kunst Frederik van Valckenborchs' in 'Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen', 1990; 32
p. 186
fig. 36 on p. 187
as Frederik van Valckenborch

Spicer-Durham, Joaneath, The drawings of Roelandt Savery, PhD thesis, Yale University 1979
p. 720
under 'erroneous attributions'

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 37
as Roelandt Savery ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129
as Roelandt Savery ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper right edge, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 16137"; lower centre, graphite, faded and nearly illegible, underlined, partly cut off: "Roland Savery"; lower right, graphite: "45".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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