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Figures among ruins

Maker

(artist)
1618-1682

Formerly attributed to
Jan Willemsz. Lapp (artist)
1625-1636

Title

Figures among ruins

Date of Production

1600 - 1699

Medium

graphite, grey wash, pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 12.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1963.WF.4720

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1963

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Alfred Brod Gallery (London), 31 January - 21 February 1963, no. 60 (as by Lapp); purchased there by The Courtauld via the Witt Fund

Exhibition History

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966

Old Master Drawings, Alfred Brod Gallery, London, 31/01/1963-21/02/1963

Literature

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 35

Old Master Drawings, Alfred Brod Gallery, London, 1963
cat. no. 60

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, left of centre: circle containing an anchor topped by a 6-pointed star.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: "um 1635 Nicolas Poussin / vgl. Friedländer Tafel / 156 / 235 / Grautoff Tafel b (I) //".

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