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Italian landscape - imaginary view

Maker

(artist)
1754-1759

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1754 - 1758

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash and watercolour with some scratching out on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 36.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4291

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

Walker Galleries (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), November 1949; Witt Bequest 1952 The artist died suddenly in Italy and left about 120 drawings by himself and others. Nothing is known of the subsequent sale, but over 80 later belonged to Thomas Blofeld (1753-1817) of Hoveton House, near Norwich. Blofeld sold these at Hodgson & Co, 1909. If this drawings was sold at this sale, it is not identifiable, but could be among the lots of Italian landscapes (lots 609-616) sold on the second day.

Exhibition History

Walker's Galleries, London, 1949 (Novemer)

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78 ...More

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965 ...Less

Literature

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 4

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 2

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 2 ...More

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 46 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: lower half of a Strasburg lily above "4 / LVG" (numerous examples in Heawood and Churchill though none an exact match for this; 2.7 cm between chain lines; initials of Lubbertus van Gerrevink, whose mill operated in England 1691-1819, though his initials used as a mark of quality by his competitors as well).

Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: "H"; right upper edge, brown ink: "No 4".

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

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