by-nc

Man standing against a landscape

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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

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 //".

Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.ukFind out more about using and licensing our images.

____________________________

Buy a print from our collection