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Landscape with a castle and windmill on a rock

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
c. 1566-1603

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1525-1569

Title

Landscape with a castle and windmill on a rock

Date of Production

(circa) 1590

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 17.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.320

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Label Text

Parallel hatching describes the angular rock faces in the foreground of this landscape, whilst a windmill and castle dominate the horizon line. Once attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, this delicate drawing is now thought to be the work of a known early forger of his work, Jacob Savery. Jacob’s numerous forgeries attest to the demand for Bruegel’s style amongst contemporary collectors.

Provenance

Helene de Beer, London (1898-1984); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 25 November 1958; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 5 March 1959 (£1,200); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Bruegel / Not Bruegel, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 16/01/2016-17/04/2016

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; IV
no. 320
pl. XXXIV
in file

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none. Peter Bower commented in his 2017 report that the pattern of laid lines, some slightly raised above the others, is sometimes seen in North Italian papers.

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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