Figures outside an inn
Maker
(artist)
born 1619
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
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).
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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