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Crypt of a church

Maker

(artist)
1631-1685

Title

Crypt of a church

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

grey wash on laid paper, with black ink framing lines, with added window support

Dimensions

Height: 33.1 cm
Width: 24.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1957.WF.4657

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1957 (June)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

Paul Prouté (Paris); purchased there by Colnaghi (London), 2 November 1955; purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund, 30 May 1957 (£25)

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 30/05/1957-29/06/1957

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: upper centre: three stacked circles, surmounted by a trefoil?

Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, brown ink, signed by the artist, first three letters monogram: “JHRoos fecit”. Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: “Geteychent in feberUaris [above is written “6”] / Nae het Leeven / Hendrick Roos //”; upper right corner, graphite, unclear: “G No 1211S [?]”; lower centre, graphite: “J.H. Roos”; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: “A 21202 CH”. Support (historic), Recto: lower right corner, graphite: “x”.

Collector's mark: Verso: centre, stamped in purple ink: coat of arms circled by "GALERIEN UND KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN" (not in Lugt).

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