Italianate River Landscape with a Bridge, Caspar van Wittel, 1674 - 1736

…; ? collection Pierre Crozat (1665-1740, Paris); ? his sale, Paris (Mariette), 10 April 1741, in no. 328 (‘Vingt-Six Desseins de Paisages de Gaspar Van Vytel, André Lucatelli, Alessio de’ Marchis, & Dom Philippe Giuvara’), 58 frs., to Jean-Baptiste François Nourri (1697-1784, Paris);{Copy RKD; J.Q. van Regteren Altena, _Vereewigde stad. Rome door Nederlanders getekend, 1500-1900_, Amsterdam, 1964, p. 113; F. Arquié-Bruley _et al._, _La Collection Saint-Morys au Cabinet des Dessins du Musée du Louvre_, 2 vols., Paris 1987, I, p. 136. Possibly his sale, Paris, (Folliot & Delande), 24 February 1785 sqq.} ? collection C.P.J.-B. Bourgevin Vialart, Comte de Saint-Morys (1743-1795, Paris);{F. Arquié-Bruley _et al._, _La Collection Saint-Morys au Cabinet des Dessins du Musée du Louvre_, 2 vols., Paris 1987, I, p. 136. Possibly his sale, Paris (A.J. Paillet et al.), 6 February 1786.} …; from the dealer T. Touzet (Paris), with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds, fl. 32, to the museum (L. 2228), 1956

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