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Study of three trees

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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