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Figures outside an inn

Maker

(artist)
born 1619

Title

Figures outside an inn

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash, yellow-brown bodycolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 12.9 cm
Width: 14.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4193

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


cusped arches



Provenance

Johann August Gottlob Weigel, Leipzig (1773-1846); his estate sale, Gutekunst (Stuttgart), 12 May 1883, lot 232; Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (1836-1909), L.2773; his estate sale, H.G. Gutekunst (Stuttgart), 6 - 11 May 1910, lot 198a; anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 22 June 1949, lot 30 (with two others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£9); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite, abraded: "3[...]"; lower centre, graphite: "Jacques Dassonville / [this line very faint and illegible] MS [...] / Sammlg J.A.G. Weigel / Auction Gutekunst, Stuttgart / 12. Mai 1883. / No. 232 / Adam [?] //; lower right, graphite: "107"; lower right, graphite: "Dassonville / _ei / II. //"; lower left, brown ink: "N. 691."; lower left, graphite: "Dassonville / mn._ / [obscured by L.2228b] //"; lower centre edge, graphite: "1196". Mount (removed): Recto: lower centre, ink: "Jacques DASSONVILLE"; lower centre, graphite: "Jacques Dassonville / Dassonville". Verso: upper left, graphite (on label): "51"; centre left, white chalk: "6/3"; upper right, white chalk: "B77 / 13"; lower right, graphite: "O..[illegible]..nt"

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped in black ink: Adalbert von Lanna (L.2773); lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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