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Derelict cottage

Maker

(artist)
1609-1685

Title

Derelict cottage

Date of Production

(late) 1630's

Medium

black chalk, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 28.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.938

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); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1972 (Jan.-Mar.)

Landscapes in the Making: Dutch & Flemish 16-17th Century Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery, Tobu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 03/11/2000-24/12/2000; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, 02/02/2001-11/03/2001; Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, 17/03/2001-15/04/2001

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986 ...More

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

catalogue untraced, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1924 ...Less

Literature

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 61
Illus. p. 147

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 23

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk, signed by the artist with his monogram: “HSL”. Verso: lower right, graphite, Witt number: “1 / 938 //”.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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