Crypt of a church
Maker
(artist)
1631-1685
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
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).
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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