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Landscape with an artist sketching
Maker
(artist)
active late 16th or early 17th century (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1525-1569
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1576-1639
active late 16th or early 17th century (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1525-1569
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1576-1639
Title
Landscape with an artist sketching
Date of Production
(circa) 1606 - 1608
Medium
graphite (verified with VSC), pen and brown ink on laid paper, with remnants of brown ink framing lines largely trimmed away
Dimensions
Height: 27.4 cm
Width: 39.9 cm
Width: 39.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.9
Mode of Acquisition
HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 1978
Credit
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 1981.
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This sheet was thought to have been made during Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s trip to Italy. His biography states that ‘when he was in the Alps he swallowed all those mountains and rocks which... he spat out again onto canvases and panels’. Yet Bruegel’s known drawings were all finished in the studio, and this drawing was reattributed on stylistic grounds. Uncharacteristic broad strokes in the foreground precede a highly detailed mid-ground, transitioning to a light touch.
Provenance
possibly Joris Hofnaegel (1542-1601) [according to Seilern, based on a letter sent to him from Schilling]; part of an album compiled in England, around 1800 (with D.1978.PG.8 and D.1952.RW.4007); W. Thompson; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 21 October 1948; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 28 October 1948 (£5000, including D.1978.PG.8); Princes Gate Bequest 1978 (Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 1981)
Exhibition History
Drawings Gallery Display - Artists at Work, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/05/2018-15/07/2018
Drawings Gallery Display - Bruegel / Not Bruegel, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 16/01/2016-17/04/2016
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982 ...Less
Drawings Gallery Display - Bruegel / Not Bruegel, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 16/01/2016-17/04/2016
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/07/1981-26/01/1982 ...Less
Literature
Drawings Gallery Display - Artists at Work, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2018
cat. no. 1
no. 1 on p. 32
ill. p. 33
as Master of the Mountain Landscapes; in file
Petherbridge, Deanna, The primacy of drawing: histories and theories of practice, New Haven 2010
pp. 302-04
pl. 210 on p. 302
in file
Antei, Giorgio, Contra Natura: el arte y la crisis de la nauraliza, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá 2000
ill. ...More
Mielke, Hans, Pieter Bruegel: die Zeichnungen, Turnhout 1996
no. A 12 on p. 78
as Savery; in file
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 14
pp. 36, 174
ill. p. 37
as Bruegel
The prints of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art, 1989, Tokyo
pp. 81- 83
fig. 2 on p. 82
in file
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 136
ill. p. 137
as Bruegel; in file
The age of Bruegel: Netherlandish drawings in the sixteenth century, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1986-87
pp. 92 note 3 and 98 under no. 27
in file
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
p. 92 note 16 under no. 34
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 20 on p. 19
ill. p. 31
as Bruegel; in file
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 126
Oberhuber, Konrad, 'Bruegel's early landscape drawings' in 'Master Drawings', 1981 - pp. 146-56; XIX
p. 149
pl. 23
in file
'Des dessins de Pierre Bruegel l'Ancien' in 'Bruegel: une dynastie de peintres', Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1980
p. 65
ill. p. 65
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, 'Zur Interpretation von Pieter Bruegels Landschaft Ästhetischer Landschaftsbegriff und Stoische Weltbetrachtung' in 'Pieter Bruegel und seine Welt', Berlin 1979
pp. 94, 118, 125
in file
Meder, Joseph, translated and revised by Winslow Ames, The mastery of drawing, New York 1978
vol. I, pp. 366, 381; vol. II, pp. 106ff
fig. 114
Grossmann, F., Bruegel: the paintings, London 1955; 1966; 1973
p. 13 (1955); p. 13 (2nd ed., 1966); pp. 14, 52 note 31 (rev. 3rd ed., 1973)
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 9
Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'Ancien, Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Brussels, 1969
pp. 30, 38
in file
Münz, Ludwig, Bruegel: the drawings, London 1961
no. 14 on p. 209 and p. 209 under no. 15
pl. 14
in file
van Gelder, J.G., 'Pieter Bruegel: "Na(e)r het leven'" in ' Bulletin Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts/Bulletin Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten', 1960 - pp. 29-36; 9
p. 3 2 note 6
Haverkamp Begemann, E., William Buytewech, Amsterdam 1959
p. 137 under no. 106
in file
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 9
pl. XXVI
in file
Grossmann, F., The drawings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Museum Boymans. Postscript: 'Notes on the landscape drawings of Bruegel' in 'Bulletin Museum Boymans', 1954; V, 3
p. 79
de Tolnay, Charles, The drawings of Pieter Bruegel the elder: with a critical catalogue, London 1952
no. 21 on p. 60
ill. (?)
in file
Popham, A.E., 'Two landscape drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1949 - pp. 319-20; XCI
pp. 319-20
fig. 16
in file ...Less
cat. no. 1
no. 1 on p. 32
ill. p. 33
as Master of the Mountain Landscapes; in file
Petherbridge, Deanna, The primacy of drawing: histories and theories of practice, New Haven 2010
pp. 302-04
pl. 210 on p. 302
in file
Antei, Giorgio, Contra Natura: el arte y la crisis de la nauraliza, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá 2000
ill. ...More
Mielke, Hans, Pieter Bruegel: die Zeichnungen, Turnhout 1996
no. A 12 on p. 78
as Savery; in file
Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 14
pp. 36, 174
ill. p. 37
as Bruegel
The prints of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art, 1989, Tokyo
pp. 81- 83
fig. 2 on p. 82
in file
Farr, Dennis, 100 Masterpieces from the Courtauld Collections, London: Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1987
p. 136
ill. p. 137
as Bruegel; in file
The age of Bruegel: Netherlandish drawings in the sixteenth century, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1986-87
pp. 92 note 3 and 98 under no. 27
in file
The Northern Landscape. Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Drawing Center, New York; Courtauld Institute Galleries, 1986
p. 92 note 16 under no. 34
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 20 on p. 19
ill. p. 31
as Bruegel; in file
The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection A), Courtauld Gallery, London, 1981-1982
cat. no. 126
Oberhuber, Konrad, 'Bruegel's early landscape drawings' in 'Master Drawings', 1981 - pp. 146-56; XIX
p. 149
pl. 23
in file
'Des dessins de Pierre Bruegel l'Ancien' in 'Bruegel: une dynastie de peintres', Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1980
p. 65
ill. p. 65
in file
Müller Hofstede, Justus, 'Zur Interpretation von Pieter Bruegels Landschaft Ästhetischer Landschaftsbegriff und Stoische Weltbetrachtung' in 'Pieter Bruegel und seine Welt', Berlin 1979
pp. 94, 118, 125
in file
Meder, Joseph, translated and revised by Winslow Ames, The mastery of drawing, New York 1978
vol. I, pp. 366, 381; vol. II, pp. 106ff
fig. 114
Grossmann, F., Bruegel: the paintings, London 1955; 1966; 1973
p. 13 (1955); p. 13 (2nd ed., 1966); pp. 14, 52 note 31 (rev. 3rd ed., 1973)
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 9
Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l'Ancien, Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Brussels, 1969
pp. 30, 38
in file
Münz, Ludwig, Bruegel: the drawings, London 1961
no. 14 on p. 209 and p. 209 under no. 15
pl. 14
in file
van Gelder, J.G., 'Pieter Bruegel: "Na(e)r het leven'" in ' Bulletin Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts/Bulletin Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten', 1960 - pp. 29-36; 9
p. 3 2 note 6
Haverkamp Begemann, E., William Buytewech, Amsterdam 1959
p. 137 under no. 106
in file
Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings & drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW 7, London 1955; I
no. 9
pl. XXVI
in file
Grossmann, F., The drawings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Museum Boymans. Postscript: 'Notes on the landscape drawings of Bruegel' in 'Bulletin Museum Boymans', 1954; V, 3
p. 79
de Tolnay, Charles, The drawings of Pieter Bruegel the elder: with a critical catalogue, London 1952
no. 21 on p. 60
ill. (?)
in file
Popham, A.E., 'Two landscape drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder' in 'Burlington Magazine', 1949 - pp. 319-20; XCI
pp. 319-20
fig. 16
in file ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, 16th-century hand?: “de ouden Breugel”. Verso: lower centre, graphite, 16th-century hand?: “den oúden Breúgel no 56”; lower right corner, graphite, modern hand (same on PG.8): “42 I”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, 16th-century hand?: “de ouden Breugel”. Verso: lower centre, graphite, 16th-century hand?: “den oúden Breúgel no 56”; lower right corner, graphite, modern hand (same on PG.8): “42 I”.
Collector's mark: none.
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