Exterior of an old cottage
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1621-1649
(artist)
1621-1649
Title
Exterior of an old cottage
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black and brown chalk, with stumping, on laid paper, black chalk testing marks on verso
Dimensions
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.932
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
E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: small crowned shield containing a horn above a small four-leaf-clover (not found in Churchill, Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: List of suggestions for attribution by W. Bradfort and others (as in the Notes). Ascribed to Murant, Saftleven, Heck, Bloemart.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Label: List of suggestions for attribution by W. Bradfort and others (as in the Notes). Ascribed to Murant, Saftleven, Heck, Bloemart.
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