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Landscape with soldiers and womenfolk sitting

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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