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Exterior of an old cottage

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(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

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.

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