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Clouds illuminated by the setting sun

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1802-1828

Title

Clouds illuminated by the setting sun

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 15.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4600.6

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

Hotel Drouot (Paris), 4 March 1932, lot 5; perhaps purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Cloud Images, Altenationalgalerie & Berlin & Germany, 24/09/2004-30/01/2005

Cloud Images, Bucerius Kunst Forum & Hamburg & Germany, 06/06/2004-12/09/2004

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 6

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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