Hermit's cave with rocks and a tree in India
Maker
(artist)
1733-1810
1733-1810
Title
Hermit's cave with rocks and a tree in India
Date of Production
1788
Medium
chalk (black, red and white) on blue laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 28.4 cm
Width: 34.4 cm
Width: 34.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1982.JW.26
Mode of Acquisition
John Witt, Art Fund bequest & grant aid, 1982
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
probably the artist's estate sale, Robins (London), 9 May 1811 among lots 14-39 (unaware of any annotated catalogues); Brigadier Hutchinson; by descent to Major R.G. Hutchinson; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 1 March 1955; purchased there by Sir John Witt (1907-1982), 22 March 1957 (£12); John Witt Bequest via the Art Fund 1982
Exhibition History
Imagining Islands, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2013-21/07/2013
Zoffany: painter of the Georgian scene, National Portrait Gallery, London, 14/01/1977-27/03/1977
Zoffany: painter of the Georgian scene, National Portrait Gallery, London, 14/01/1977-27/03/1977
Literature
Webster, Mary, Johann Zoffany, 1733-1810, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011
fig. 387 on p. 519
Johann Zoffany, 1733-1810, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1977
no. 130
ill. on p. 91
fig. 387 on p. 519
Johann Zoffany, 1733-1810, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1977
no. 130
ill. on p. 91
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir John Witt (L.646a)
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