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A Wood

Maker

(artist)
1630-1708

Title

A Wood

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with thick black ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 20.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4262

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

Mrs L. Fröhlich; purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 17 August 1949; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 29 October 1949 (£13); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 58

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none on the drawing. Support (historic, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower left corner, fragment of scrollwork.

Inscription: Support (historic, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Recto: lower centre, brown ink: "Wilh: v. Bemel [macron over “m”] del"; lower left edge, graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "A 16736 / s/-/- //"; lower right, graphite: "Bemel" [macron over “m”]. Support (historic, removed but still mounted with the drawing), Verso: upper centre, graphite, unclear: "H[...] / Mount [?] / 10 x 8 //".

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

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