Man standing against a landscape
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1596-1675
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
(artist)
1596-1675
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1560-1609
Title
Man standing against a landscape
Date of Production
1610 - 1675
Medium
pen and brown ink on buff laid paper, laid down on a card support
Dimensions
Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4186
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
Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723-1792), L.2364; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 June 1949, lot 18 (along with D.1952.RW.4191); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£8); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125
p. 125
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper centre edge: large fleur-de-lis.
Collector's mark: Recto: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364). Support (card), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (card), Recto: lower left, graphite, erased: "Sir J Reynolds Collection"; lower right, brown ink: "A Diepenback"; lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: "RW4186". Support (card), Verso: left upper edge, graphite, underlined: "8"; right centre, graphite: "Coll Reynolds"; lower left, graphite: "Coll. Reynolds"; lower right, graphite, several lines, mostly erased and illegible: "Abraham van Diepenbeeck / [...] 1675 / [...] R40 [the numbers in green chalk] / 18295 //".
Collector's mark: Recto: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364). Support (card), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Support (card), Recto: lower left, graphite, erased: "Sir J Reynolds Collection"; lower right, brown ink: "A Diepenback"; lower right edge, graphite, Witt number: "RW4186". Support (card), Verso: left upper edge, graphite, underlined: "8"; right centre, graphite: "Coll Reynolds"; lower left, graphite: "Coll. Reynolds"; lower right, graphite, several lines, mostly erased and illegible: "Abraham van Diepenbeeck / [...] 1675 / [...] R40 [the numbers in green chalk] / 18295 //".
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