Landscape with milkmaid and cattle
Maker
(artist)
1636-1672
1636-1672
Title
Landscape with milkmaid and cattle
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey and black wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 17 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.571
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
Willem Isaack Hooft, Amsterdam (1782-1863), L.2631; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.55); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist (or an imitation of his signature - see Comments for suggestion this is a pastiche or copy after the artist): "A V Velde [unclear final letter]". Verso: lower left corner, graphite, enclosed in a square: "N106_ / 646._ "; lower left edge, graphite: "Adriaan V de Velde. 1639-1672".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Willem Isaack Hooft (L.2631); lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink, signed by the artist (or an imitation of his signature - see Comments for suggestion this is a pastiche or copy after the artist): "A V Velde [unclear final letter]". Verso: lower left corner, graphite, enclosed in a square: "N106_ / 646._ "; lower left edge, graphite: "Adriaan V de Velde. 1639-1672".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Willem Isaack Hooft (L.2631); lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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