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Ruins of the Fontaine Bleue, Brussels

Maker

(artist)
1668-1740

Title

Ruins of the Fontaine Bleue, Brussels

Date of Production

(circa) 1695

Medium

pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash, on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 18 cm
Width: 25.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.545

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







Related Works

Vue des Ruines de la Fontaine bleue, et de la maison du Poid de la Ville tirant vers les H P Cordeliers

Provenance

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850); by descent to his son, George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904); probably his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 28 November 1904; Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919) [not evident in the catalogue of his estate sale at Christie's, 30 January 1920, though not all drawings were listed in detail]; Frederick Richard Meatyard, London (1881-1966); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, before November 1927 [when he lent it to Berlin exhibition] (£1.95); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

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

Das flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Gottschewski und Schäffer, Berlin, 06/11/1927-30/11/1927; Bochum, 1927-28

Literature

Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 82

Pierard-Gilbert, R., 'Un bruxellois oublié, Augustin Coppens' in 'Cahiers bruxellois' - 1-44; IX, 1
Illus. pl. facing p. 8

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 125

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: foolscap above an upward-pointing arrow and three Medici balls (see tracing in file – no match in Churchill).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: lower left corner, graphite, cut off: “1160 / low //”.

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