Seaport, with Castel Sant'Angelo in the background
Maker
(artist)
1660-1686
1660-1686
Title
Seaport, with Castel Sant'Angelo in the background
Date of Production
1676
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.936
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. (£2.8, misidentified as Jan Storck); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 41
cat. no. 41
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper right: "J I" (not found in Heawood or Piccard).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "J: Storck / Ao. 1676. //"; within the drawing, lower left of centre on rock, brown ink, artist's hand: "15". Verso: lower right, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: "4[...]/13"; lower left corner, brown ink: "to 2.7"; lower left edge, graphite: "417"; beside it, graphite, erased: "885"; lower centre edge, graphite, crossed through: "156"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "936 / J. Storck //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: "J: Storck / Ao. 1676. //"; within the drawing, lower left of centre on rock, brown ink, artist's hand: "15". Verso: lower right, graphite, erased and now mostly illegible: "4[...]/13"; lower left corner, brown ink: "to 2.7"; lower left edge, graphite: "417"; beside it, graphite, erased: "885"; lower centre edge, graphite, crossed through: "156"; lower right, graphite, Witt number: "936 / J. Storck //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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