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Dune landscape

Maker

Attributed to
(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

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

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
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).

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