Group of peasants and cattle beside cliffs
Maker
Pietro Palmieri, the elder (artist)
1737-1804
1737-1804
Title
Group of peasants and cattle beside cliffs
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a mount
Dimensions
Height: 32.1 cm
Width: 39.6 cm
Width: 39.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.7
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), catalogue 38, 1921, lot 327; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (79 shillings); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Pantheon, December 1935
Inscriptions
Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Recto: signed within the drawing, lower right on log, brown ink, abraded and difficult to read but likely: "Palmierij In Fecit" [see photo in file].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: signed within the drawing, lower right on log, brown ink, abraded and difficult to read but likely: "Palmierij In Fecit" [see photo in file].
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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