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Landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
1667-1744

Title

Date of Production

1600 - 1799

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, grey and blue wash on brown laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.2 cm
Width: 13.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.539

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

An idyllic scene is framed by two slender trees, a common formal device in the classical tradition of landscape. Moucheron, who worked in Italy as a young man and was inspired both by the landscapes he encountered there and by French artists working around Rome, specialised in painted wall decorations for the interiors of houses. The narrow format of this highly worked drawing suggests that it may have been preparatory for such a painting.

Provenance

Dr Thomas Monro, London (1759-1833); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 28 June 1833; purchased there by William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.75); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Regarding Trees, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2016-25/09/2016

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre: small cursive letter “R” or “K” or “X”? (not found in Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist, partly cut off: “Moucheron. Fecit”. Verso: lower left, graphite: “OT/e”; lower left edge, graphite, Esdaile's hand: written over “N17” “1833 WE Dr Monro’s sale”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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