Landscape with figures
Maker
Forgery in the manner of
(artist)
1591-1666
(artist)
1591-1666
Title
Landscape with figures
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 28.3 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.513
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
unidentified collector (not in Lugt); Anthony Wilson (per the Witt card; active c. 1950s according to the BM, but likely earlier due to the low acc. no. here); F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d. (£1.6); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Guercino: Mind to paper, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Courtauld Gallery, London, 2006-2007 Los Angeles, 2006
p. 16 note 16
p. 16 note 16
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left and again lower right corner, stamped in black: unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).
Watermark: Recto, left centre: cartouche containing a phrase, “A MOI […]” or “A MON […]” (no match found in Heawood, Piccard, Churchill or Briquet. See attached VSC image). Mount (historic), Verso: centre: “PANZAND” (name not found in Churchill, Heawood or Briquet).
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: upper left and again lower right corner, stamped in black: unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).
Watermark: Recto, left centre: cartouche containing a phrase, “A MOI […]” or “A MON […]” (no match found in Heawood, Piccard, Churchill or Briquet. See attached VSC image). Mount (historic), Verso: centre: “PANZAND” (name not found in Churchill, Heawood or Briquet).
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