Rocky coast with figures
Maker
(artist)
1601-1653
1601-1653
Title
Rocky coast with figures
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
black chalk, grey wash, graphite on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 13.9 cm
Width: 13.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1955.WF.4639
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
Albert Köster (1862-1924); his estate sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 13 November 1924, lot 508; Dr Curt Otto, Leipzig (ca. 1880-1929), L.611c; his estate sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 7 November 1929, lot 157; Dr Albert Welcker, Amsterdam (b. 1884), L.2793c; Witt Fund Purchase 1955
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
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
Literature
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
cat. no. 49
cat. no. 49
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed by the artist?: "S De V.". Verso: upper left edge, graphite: "120."; centre, graphite: "S de Vlieger"; lower left, black ink, number belonging to L.2793c: "Jun. No. 112"; lower centre edge, graphite: "1".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in brown ink: Dr Curt Otto (L.611c); lower left, stamped in black ink: Dr Albert Welcker (L.2793c).
Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed by the artist?: "S De V.". Verso: upper left edge, graphite: "120."; centre, graphite: "S de Vlieger"; lower left, black ink, number belonging to L.2793c: "Jun. No. 112"; lower centre edge, graphite: "1".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in brown ink: Dr Curt Otto (L.611c); lower left, stamped in black ink: Dr Albert Welcker (L.2793c).
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