Sailing boats off the shore
Maker
(artist)
1623-1664
1623-1664
Title
Sailing boats off the shore
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and grey and black ink, grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4270
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
Nathaniel Hone, London (1718-1784), L.2793; John Woodhouse (active 1780-1801); his sale, Christie’s (London), either 14 or 27 - 28 February 1801; purchased there by William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; Harvey William Mapleton Bree (d. 1949); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 16 November 1949, lot 7 (with D.1952.RW.4271); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£20 for both); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4270 Ovmt"; lower left corner, brown ink: "84X_3"; lower centre edge, brown ink: "R Zeeman"; lower right corner, graphite: "#14". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "Formerly in the colln of N Hone. / Woodhouse's sale 1801 WE. P121. N84X //".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Nathaniel Hone (L.2793). Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left, graphite, Witt number: "4270 Ovmt"; lower left corner, brown ink: "84X_3"; lower centre edge, brown ink: "R Zeeman"; lower right corner, graphite: "#14". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "Formerly in the colln of N Hone. / Woodhouse's sale 1801 WE. P121. N84X //".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Nathaniel Hone (L.2793). Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).
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