Palatine Hill, Rome
Maker
(artist)
1628-1671
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
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
Keywords
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
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
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).
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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