View of the ruined Arch of Septimius Severus
Maker
(artist)
1566-c. 1612
After
(artist)
1550-1583
Formerly attributed to
Monogrammist C.P.
1566-c. 1612
After
(artist)
1550-1583
Formerly attributed to
Monogrammist C.P.
Title
View of the ruined Arch of Septimius Severus
Date of Production
4 May 1595
Medium
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Width: 27.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.679
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, by 1926; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1927
Literature
Jaffe, Michael, The Devonshire Collection of Northern European Drawings, Turin, London and Venice, 2002
vol. II, p. 77
wrong date given
Schapelhouman, Marijn, Catalogue of the Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Rijksmuseum: Netherlandish drawings circa 1600, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1987
under no. 4
dated 1596
The age of Bruegel: Netherlandish drawings in the sixteenth century, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1986-87
under no. 18 ...More
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 23
Collections De Louis Xiv : Dessins, Albums, Manuscrits : Orangerie Des Tuileries, 7 Octobre 1977-9 Janvier 1978. 1977. Paris: Ministère de la culture : Ed. des musées nationaux.
reference p. 157
Pieter Bruegel der Altere als Zeichner, Herkunft und Nachfolge, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1975
p. 29 under no. 19
dated 7 April 1596
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
as 16th-century Flemish
Lugt, Frits, Musée du Louvre: Inventaire général des dessins des écoles du Nord, Paris 1949
p. 17 under no. 356
ill.
date erroneously read as 7 May 1956
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 551
as Monogrammist C.P.
Gaunt, William, Rome past and present, London 1926
pl. LII ...Less
vol. II, p. 77
wrong date given
Schapelhouman, Marijn, Catalogue of the Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Rijksmuseum: Netherlandish drawings circa 1600, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1987
under no. 4
dated 1596
The age of Bruegel: Netherlandish drawings in the sixteenth century, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1986-87
under no. 18 ...More
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 23
Collections De Louis Xiv : Dessins, Albums, Manuscrits : Orangerie Des Tuileries, 7 Octobre 1977-9 Janvier 1978. 1977. Paris: Ministère de la culture : Ed. des musées nationaux.
reference p. 157
Pieter Bruegel der Altere als Zeichner, Herkunft und Nachfolge, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1975
p. 29 under no. 19
dated 7 April 1596
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 133
as 16th-century Flemish
Lugt, Frits, Musée du Louvre: Inventaire général des dessins des écoles du Nord, Paris 1949
p. 17 under no. 356
ill.
date erroneously read as 7 May 1956
Exhibition of Belgian and Flemish Art 1300-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1927, 1927
cat. no. 551
as Monogrammist C.P.
Gaunt, William, Rome past and present, London 1926
pl. LII ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, left end of frieze above arch, brown ink: “M 5[…]”; centre on arch, brown ink: “GP [in monogram] / SPQR 1595 //”; within drawing, lower right, brown ink: “1595.4 mai”. Verso: lower left edge, graphite, faded and difficult to read: “M[…]land” [?].
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within drawing, left end of frieze above arch, brown ink: “M 5[…]”; centre on arch, brown ink: “GP [in monogram] / SPQR 1595 //”; within drawing, lower right, brown ink: “1595.4 mai”. Verso: lower left edge, graphite, faded and difficult to read: “M[…]land” [?].
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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