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Landscape with figures, waterfall, a Roman temple in the background

Maker

Krzysztof Lubieniecki (artist)
1659-1729

Formerly attributed to
Theodor Bogdan Lubieniecki (artist)
1654-1718

Title

Landscape with figures, waterfall, a Roman temple in the background

Date of Production

(circa?) 1728

Medium

pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 11.4 cm
Width: 15.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.611

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

probably Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744) and by descent to her grandson, John Spencer, Althorp (1708-1746); by descent to his grandson, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), L.1530; his sale, T. Philipe (London), 10 - 17 June 1811, lot 31; purchased there by William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; James Rimell & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.05); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Sulerzyska, Teresa, 'The drawing of Christopher Lubieniecki in the Witt Collection' in 'Bulletin du Musée National de Varsovie', 1962; III, 4
pp. 114-118
Illus. 1 on p. 115

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre edge, fragment: a crown atop a shield.

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, black ink, signed by the artist?: “Lubineski”. Verso (backing sheet): centre, graphite, underlined, erased: “upright”; right centre edge, graphite, Witt number: “611”; lower centre, graphite: “Théod. Lubienetski / Cracow / 1653-1720 //”; lower right corner, graphite, a few lines scribbled over in graphite and now illegible; lower left and centre edge, brown ink, Esdaile’s hand: “1811 WE Ld Spencers colln N31 Lubienetski”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edges, stamped in black ink: John Spencer (L.1530); lower right edge, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617). Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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