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Seaport, with Castel Sant'Angelo in the background

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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

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).

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