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Study of a tree

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1604-1682

Title

Study of a tree

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, white bodycolour (oxidised and now pink) on blue laid paper, the lower left corner made up

Dimensions

Height: 18.4 cm
Width: 11.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.92

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

Count Moriz von Fries, Vienna (1777-1826), L.2903; acquired from him (as one of 150 drawings) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445, 1820; William Young Ottley, London (1771-1836); William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617, 1836; his estate sale, Christie’s (London), 30 June 1840, lot 62 or 67; if lot 62, purchased there by Hodgson & Co. (London), if lot 67, purchased there by Smith (?); Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962

French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Literature

Roethlisberger, Marcel, 'Drawings around Claude, Part One: A Group of Sixty Grimaldesque Drawings' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 1965; 3, 4
no. 59
as by unknown artist in Circle of Grimaldi

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 72

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, left lower edge, fragment: top or edge of a scalloped shield.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "Claude"; lower left corner, brown ink, Esdaile's hand: "1836 WE".

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, blindstamped: Count Moriz von Fries (L.2903); lower left corner, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); lower left corner, pen and brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).

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