Landscape, with an attack on a convoy of coaches
Maker
(artist)
1631-1690
1631-1690
Title
Landscape, with an attack on a convoy of coaches
Date of Production
1645 - 1690
Medium
red chalk on laid paper, with red chalk framing lines mostly trimmed away, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 42.8 cm
Width: 42.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1956.WF.4652
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1956
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
convoys
Provenance
acquired by Colnaghi (London) between 16 February and 9 March 1956; purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, November 1956
Exhibition History
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977-January 1978
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
A selection of drawings from the Witt collection: French drawings c. 1600-c. 1800, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1962 ...More
French Master Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1962
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Literature
Flemish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, October 1977- January 1978
cat. no. 77
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 36
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 51
cat. no. 77
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 36
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 51
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: bunch of grapes flanked by "V" and "C" in a lozenge (no match found in Heawood; per Peter Bower, made by an unidentified French papermaker).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left edge, graphite: "n.H.38." [the "H" could be a monogram, a "TH" perhaps, though doesn't match L.2433 exactly]; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 21390cx". Mount (removed, cut down, now in file): graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "21390cx / £21 / van der Meulen / 4652 //".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left edge, graphite: "n.H.38." [the "H" could be a monogram, a "TH" perhaps, though doesn't match L.2433 exactly]; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 21390cx". Mount (removed, cut down, now in file): graphite, Colnaghi number and price: "21390cx / £21 / van der Meulen / 4652 //".
Collector's mark: none.
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