Three sheep
Maker
(artist)
1656-1705
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
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).
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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