Landscape with figures
Maker
(artist)
1618-1678
1618-1678
Title
Landscape with figures
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and black ink on laid paper, with double black ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 23.7 cm
Width: 23.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4227
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
Crook (?); Sotheby's (London), 30 November 1927, lot 110 (as part of a volume); Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977), by 1939; given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on rock, black ink, signed with the artist's monogram: "DB". Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "x"; left centre edge, graphite: "open"; left centre, graphite: "Dominique Barrière"; lower left edge, graphite, possibly Schapiro's hand: "Page from a volume containing 46 drawings (now 45) / Each 6"x9" //"; lower right, graphite: "#10"; lower right edge, graphite: now cut off by handling edges and illegible. Mount (removed): Verso: upper centre, graphite: "x"; lower right, graphite: "F / To. P.L. / #10 / Pat Hess"
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left on rock, black ink, signed with the artist's monogram: "DB". Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "x"; left centre edge, graphite: "open"; left centre, graphite: "Dominique Barrière"; lower left edge, graphite, possibly Schapiro's hand: "Page from a volume containing 46 drawings (now 45) / Each 6"x9" //"; lower right, graphite: "#10"; lower right edge, graphite: now cut off by handling edges and illegible. Mount (removed): Verso: upper centre, graphite: "x"; lower right, graphite: "F / To. P.L. / #10 / Pat Hess"
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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