Dune landscape
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1628-1682
(artist)
1628-1682
Title
Dune landscape
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
red chalk on buff coarse laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Width: 19.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4151
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
J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 20
cat. no. 20
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: upper centre fragment: tips of letters “C” and “V” flanking something – see tracing in file.
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, red chalk, signed by the artist, first three letters monogram, the “J” backwards: “JvR F”. Verso: centre, graphite: “No. 11.”; right lower edge, graphite: “#5”; lower right corner, graphite, unclear: “Moletor 185 [?]. Mount (removed): Verso: lower right, graphite: “#5”
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, red chalk, signed by the artist, first three letters monogram, the “J” backwards: “JvR F”. Verso: centre, graphite: “No. 11.”; right lower edge, graphite: “#5”; lower right corner, graphite, unclear: “Moletor 185 [?]. Mount (removed): Verso: lower right, graphite: “#5”
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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