Landscape with soldiers and womenfolk sitting
Maker
(artist)
1600-1699
1600-1699
Title
Landscape with soldiers and womenfolk sitting
Date of Production
(23 July) 1674
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 8.4 cm
Width: 15.1 cm
Width: 15.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.68
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
John MacGowan, Edinburgh (d. 1803), L.1496; A. Berthel, Surrey; purchased from him by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (25 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, partly obscured by framing line: "51[?]"; lower left edge, grey ink, dated: "getekent den 23 Júlÿ 1674." Support (removed but still kept with the drawing), Recto: left of centre, graphite, the number circled: "13 SL"; lower centre, graphite: "68 J de Graaf / D. 23 July 1674". Support (removed but still kept with the drawing), Verso: lower centre, graphite: "A Landscape with military figures / regaling".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Support (removed but still kept with the drawing), Recto: stamped in black ink: John MacGowan (L.1496).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, partly obscured by framing line: "51[?]"; lower left edge, grey ink, dated: "getekent den 23 Júlÿ 1674." Support (removed but still kept with the drawing), Recto: left of centre, graphite, the number circled: "13 SL"; lower centre, graphite: "68 J de Graaf / D. 23 July 1674". Support (removed but still kept with the drawing), Verso: lower centre, graphite: "A Landscape with military figures / regaling".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b). Support (removed but still kept with the drawing), Recto: stamped in black ink: John MacGowan (L.1496).
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