Study of peasants
Maker
Jan Porcellis (artist)
1584-1632
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
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
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".
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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