Italianate Landscape with Figures along a Road and a River in the Background, Caspar van Wittel, 1674 - 1736

Identification

Title(s)

Italianate Landscape with Figures along a Road and a River in the Background

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1954-114

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Caspar van Wittel

Dating

1674 - 1736

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and brown and dark-brown ink, with brown wash, over traces of red chalk; framing line in brown ink (largely effaced)

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 415 mm × width 301 mm

Subject

What

Where

Italy

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1954

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, J.G. (Paris) et al., Amsterdam (R.W.P. De Vries), 20 December 1927, no. 399, fl. 100, to ‘no. 20’;{Copy RMA.} …; sale, Dr Hendrik Catharinus Valkema Blouw (1883-1953), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 2-3 March 1954, no. 554, fl. 190, to the museum (L. 2228), 1954

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Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Aanwinsten : 1 September 1953 - 1 Mei 1954

Persistent URL

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