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Landscape with the Conversion of Saint Paul

Maker

(artist)
1539-1618

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1534-1593

Title

Date of Production

1613

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, on parchment, with dark brown ink and green wash framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 27.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4509

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

Label Text

Rendered in painstakingly fine penwork, this highly finished drawing presents the dramatic episode of the Conversion of Paul in the middle ground of a rolling landscape receding toward a distant coast. A winding path draws the eye into the scene, taking in Paul as he is struck from his horse by a ray of heavenly light. The vast extent of the landscape is underscored by the foreground figures, who appear not to notice the cataclysmic events taking place behind them.

Provenance

Duke of Buckingham, 1730 (as per the verso inscription, would have been Edmund Sheffield at this time); E.A. Paterson (20th century), L.826a; Howard Spensley, London and Bedfordshire (c. 1870–1938); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 12 July 1950, lot 7 (as Hans Bol); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 5 May 1951 (£26, as Attributed to Hans Bol); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Panorama, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/09/2015-10/01/2016

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

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less

Literature

van Ruyven-Zeman, Zsuzsanna, '"Stuckxken met de penne": Drawings by the Engraver Johannes Wierix', Master Drawings, Vol. 24, No. 3, Autumn, 2004
p. 245

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 28
ill. on p. 81

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 12 ...More

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 48

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 88 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: n/a.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black: E.A. Paterson (L.826a).

Inscription: Verso: upper right, brown ink: "Duke of Buckingham Collection / 1730"; lower left edge, brown ink, dated by the artist: "o/A: D / 16:13:".

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