Study of three trees
Maker
(artist)
1637-1697
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1635-1684
1637-1697
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1635-1684
Title
Study of three trees
Date of Production
1600-1699
Medium
brush and black wash on blue laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 32.6 cm
Width: 24.6 cm
Width: 24.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.929
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
Jonathan Richardson, the younger, London (1694-1771), L.2170; Samuel Woodburn (London); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 16-27 June 1854, unidentified lot [the mount inscription identifies this sale as the provenance, but the only Wynants drawing listed is titled 'A Woody landscape, with a river' and there is no river visible in this drawing]; Charles Fairfax Murray, London (1849-1919); probably his estate sale, Christie's (London), 30 January 1920, lot 93 (as 1 of 5 drawings, titled 'A Study of a Landscape' by Wynants); if correctly identified, purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London) (£5.25 for all 5); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.35, as by Wynants); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to the mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "Winants". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: "(at Woodburn's Sale 1854.)"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "929".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: "Winants". Mount (historic), Verso: lower left, graphite: "(at Woodburn's Sale 1854.)"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "929".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right edge, stamped in black ink: Jonathan Richardson, the younger (L.2170). Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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