Batenburg Castle
Maker
Egidius Beukelaar (artist)
1706-1757
1706-1757
Title
Batenburg Castle
Date of Production
1725-1757
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with black ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4150
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
Hope Collection (?); J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Bakker B. a.o., "De verzameling Van Eeghen: Amsterdamse tekeningen 1600-1950"
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 123
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 123
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge: fragment of a shape, above two (three?) crosses above letters “GW” or “CW”.
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: “E Beukelaer”; lower left corner, graphite: “E. Beukelaer / Batenburg”. Mount (removed, in portfolios from P&D): Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Batenburg Castle”; lower left, brown ink: “E. Beuckelaer, a Flemish Artist. From the Hope Collection.”; lower right corner, graphite: “#4”; lower right corner, brown ink: "13"
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: “E Beukelaer”; lower left corner, graphite: “E. Beukelaer / Batenburg”. Mount (removed, in portfolios from P&D): Recto: lower centre, brown ink: “Batenburg Castle”; lower left, brown ink: “E. Beuckelaer, a Flemish Artist. From the Hope Collection.”; lower right corner, graphite: “#4”; lower right corner, brown ink: "13"
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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