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Landscape with ruins

Maker

Albert Meyering (artist)
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

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”.

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