Imaginary landscape with an exotic harbour and a Dutch three-master disembarking (formerly identified as Table Bay, South Africa)
Maker
(artist)
1644-1708
1644-1708
Title
Imaginary landscape with an exotic harbour and a Dutch three-master disembarking (formerly identified as Table Bay, South Africa)
Date of Production
1675 - 1699
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.935
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), cat. 38, 1921, lot 231; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£3.5); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Exhibition of marine art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1929
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Exhibition of marine art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1929
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 33
cat. no. 33
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: fooslcap with seven points above a "4" above three stacked circles (of a similar type to Heawood 2014, though with many differences - Amsterdam 1668).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left corner on block, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Al Stork". Verso: lower left, graphite, erased and now illegible: "2 Stúk [...]"; lower centre edge, graphite, Witt number: "935 A Storck".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: within the drawing, lower left corner on block, brown ink, signed by the artist: "Al Stork". Verso: lower left, graphite, erased and now illegible: "2 Stúk [...]"; lower centre edge, graphite, Witt number: "935 A Storck".
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