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Classical landscape

Maker

(artist)
1693-1775

Title

Classical landscape

Date of Production

1750

Medium

pen and grey-brown ink, watercolour on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines and a grey wash border

Dimensions

Height: 13.7 cm
Width: 17.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4230

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

Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Upper centre edge, fragment: top of a circle containing a crown.

Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, on stones at lower left, brush and grey-brown wash, dated by the artist: "1750"; lower centre, brush and grey-brown wash, signed by the artist: "LFDB". Verso: lower right corner, graphite: "#8".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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