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Classical landscape with figures

Maker

(artist)
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

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).

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