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Study of peasants

Maker

Jan Porcellis (artist)
1584-1632

Title

Study of peasants

Date of Production

1600 - 1632

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 29.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4339

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

Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague (1863-1930), L.561; Dr Albert Welcker, Amsterdam (b. 1884), L.2793c; Leo Franklyn (London) (?); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£15); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Label: Verso: lower right, cut out of catalogue, printed in black ink and glue down: "297 Jan Porcellis (1585-1632).".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Dr Albert Welcker (L.2793c); lower left, stamped in brown ink: Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (Lugt 561); lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower left, below L.2793c, black ink, Welcker's inventory number: "No. '414"; lower left, graphite: "Jm.417"; lower right, graphite: "479".

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