Classical landscape with figures
Maker
(artist)
1729-1759
1729-1759
Title
Classical landscape with figures
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite, pen and grey ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper, with double grey ink framing lines, the left edge having been folded under previously
Dimensions
Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 30.8 cm
Width: 30.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.942
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
F.R. Meatyard (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£2.5)); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: Pro Patria (closest to Churchill 130 - watermark of Jan van de Ley, dated 1703 - , though the chain lines on this sheet are .2 cm closer together).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge (outside pictorial area), grey ink, signed by the artist: "MvHuÿsum Fesit". Verso: lower right, graphite, unclear: "J+341 / mU [?] //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left edge (outside pictorial area), grey ink, signed by the artist: "MvHuÿsum Fesit". Verso: lower right, graphite, unclear: "J+341 / mU [?] //".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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