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
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
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
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
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).
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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