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Village scene

Maker

After
(artist)
1568-1625

Title

Village scene

Date of Production

(or later) 1585 - 1625

Medium

pen and brown and blue ink, brown, grey and blue wash on laid paper, with a brown ink framing line

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 31 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4097

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

Notes

The present drawing exhibits a snapshot of everyday life in the Flanders of the time. Two conversing travellers on horseback ride along a forested village street. In the background, in front of an inn, a carriage seems ready to depart. In the lower left corner, a maid fills a bucket with water from a pond. The wooded path is punctuated with smaller groups of children, pigs and poultry. The road itself leads to more buildings and a small village church at the far end. The wide road, populated with figures and animals in the fore and middle grounds, becomes recessively emptier towards the low viewpoint horizon, which enhances the illusion of depth.

Provenance

Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£80); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 30

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 124

Honig, Elizabeth Alice et al., Jan Brueghel: complete catalogue, https://www.janbrueghel.net/search/site/courtauld [accessed 8 March 2021]

Inscriptions

Watermark: centre: double 'C' Lorraine monogram

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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