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

Caspar van Wittel, 1674 - 1736

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1954-114
  • Dimensionsheight 415 mm x width 301 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and brown and dark-brown ink, with brown wash, over traces of red chalk; framing line in brown ink (largely effaced)

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1954-114

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Caspar van Wittel

  • Dating

    1674 - 1736

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

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

  • Dimensions

    height 415 mm x width 301 mm

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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

  • Remarks

    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.

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