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Rocky coast with figures

Maker

(artist)
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

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

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 1: Landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, January - March 1972
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).

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