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Courtyard of an Italianate palace

Maker

Attributed to
Teunis Jansen Croon (artist)
1659-1663

After

1527-ca. 1606 (Life dates)

Title

Courtyard of an Italianate palace

Date of Production

1661

Medium

blind stylus, pen and brown ink, grey wash, white bodycolour (oxidised) on buff laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, executed using a ruler

Dimensions

Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 24.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4168

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

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Provenance

Jacob Herman Jan Mellaert (1875-1972), London; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right corner: foolscap with seven points above "4" above "P D" above three stacked circles (variant of Heawood 2004 - ours is slightly taller and the chain lines are 2.5 cm apart rather than 2.0 - Dutch paper 1659-90).

Inscription: Recto: upper right, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "T F Groon / 1661 //". Verso: upper left corner, graphite, faded and mostly illegible: "Au[...]"; lower left, graphite, faded: "W4"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "4168"; lower right corner, graphite: "#3 / Open //".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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