Landscape with ruin and figures
Maker
(artist)
1696-1759
1696-1759
Title
Landscape with ruin and figures
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, hinged upper edge to a historic support
Dimensions
Height: 20.8 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Width: 29.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.628
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
James Rimell & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (12 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Support (historic), lower centre: monogram "PL" (variant of Heawood 3021 - Graz 1792; monogram belongs to Pieter van der Ley, who inherited the Zaan watermill in 1675 and is often countermarked with a foolscap, according to Erik Hinterding, verbal communication 2020).
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, unclear: "u/nH / RV / 15/- //". Support (historic), Recto: upper right edge, graphite, cut off: "o[...]3 / ac //"; lower right, graphite: "P"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "628"; lower centre edge, graphite: "Landscape"; lower right edge, brown ink: "Jacob van Liender". Support (historic), Verso: upper right, red crayon, circled: "33"; centre, graphite, same hand as D.1952.RW.2314: "N 678"; lower right, graphite: "Jan Coustboek A.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, unclear: "u/nH / RV / 15/- //". Support (historic), Recto: upper right edge, graphite, cut off: "o[...]3 / ac //"; lower right, graphite: "P"; lower left edge, graphite, Witt number: "628"; lower centre edge, graphite: "Landscape"; lower right edge, brown ink: "Jacob van Liender". Support (historic), Verso: upper right, red crayon, circled: "33"; centre, graphite, same hand as D.1952.RW.2314: "N 678"; lower right, graphite: "Jan Coustboek A.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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