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Three sheep

Maker

(artist)
1656-1705

Title

Three sheep

Date of Production

1688

Medium

black chalk, grey wash on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount

Dimensions

Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 31.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1955.WF.4638

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1955

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

Witt Fund Purchase 1955

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre, but obscured by mount: a shield above a "4" above a "W". Mount (historic), Verso: centre, very large: "D&C BLAUW".

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black chalk partly gone over in brown ink: "J. v. der meer. / de jonge. F. 1688 //". Mount (historic), Recto: lower left corner, graphite: "2049"; lower right corner: "van der Meer / 1547 wo 1257 //".

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

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