View of Kent
Maker
(artist)
1627-1628
1627-1628
Title
View of Kent
Date of Production
1661
Medium
graphite, pen and light brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Width: 28.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4207
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
Dr August Sträter, Aix-la-Chapelle (1810-1897), L.787; Bernard Houthakker (Amsterdam); purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£20); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
The Artist's View of Canterbury, Royal Museum, Canterbury, 06/04/1985-04/05/1985
Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001
The Artist's View of Canterbury, Royal Museum, Canterbury, 06/04/1985-04/05/1985
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 56
cat. no. 56
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: “Bredge / Getekent int Dorp, zo als men van Dovers naar Canterbury / of Cantel-bergh reydt. Heeft deze Plaats de naam, van deze brugh / die over het af loopende Reviertje leyt. Leyt tussen 2 afdaalende / = Wegen in een Dall.”; centre, graphite, underlined: “1010.”; right centre, graphite: “ag-“; lower left, graphite: “W. Schellincks / Samml. Strater //”; lower right, graphite, the number circled: “2261 ag.”; lower right corner, graphite: “#2”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre edge, stamped incompletely in black ink: Dr August Sträter (L.787).
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: “Bredge / Getekent int Dorp, zo als men van Dovers naar Canterbury / of Cantel-bergh reydt. Heeft deze Plaats de naam, van deze brugh / die over het af loopende Reviertje leyt. Leyt tussen 2 afdaalende / = Wegen in een Dall.”; centre, graphite, underlined: “1010.”; right centre, graphite: “ag-“; lower left, graphite: “W. Schellincks / Samml. Strater //”; lower right, graphite, the number circled: “2261 ag.”; lower right corner, graphite: “#2”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower centre edge, stamped incompletely in black ink: Dr August Sträter (L.787).
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