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Palatine Hill, Rome

Maker

(artist)
1628-1671

Title

Palatine Hill, Rome

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 9.9 cm
Width: 15.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.82

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

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Provenance

F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£5.65); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 35

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Label: Jan de Bisschop / one drawing from this sketchbook / signed J.E. (Jacopus Episcopus) 1652 / is in the Victoria & Albert Museum

Inscription: Verso: upper left edge, brown ink, artist's hand: "Mons palatinús [...] palazzo maggior"; right lower edge, brown ink, artist's hand, very small, smudged and difficult to read: "[...] Colossei [...]" [?]; lower left, graphite, Witt number: "82". Mount (removed, now missing, recorded in file): “Some drawings from this sketchbook signed J.E. (Jacopus Episcopus) 1652 in the Victoria & Albert Museum”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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