Landscape with ruins
Maker
Albert Meyering (artist)
1645-1714
1645-1714
Title
Landscape with ruins
Date of Production
1600 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with dark brown ink framing lines and added gold borders
Dimensions
Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Width: 32.3 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.64
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
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]; F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£1.9); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: centre: Strasburg lily over “4” over “WR”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso, all graphite, same hand: upper left corner: “980”; centre: “by Aalbert Meyering”; lower centre edge, partially over added borders: “A. Meyeringh 2245”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso, all graphite, same hand: upper left corner: “980”; centre: “by Aalbert Meyering”; lower centre edge, partially over added borders: “A. Meyeringh 2245”.
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