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Landscape With Two Men and a River in the Distance: P.1628-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Landscape With Two Men and a River in the Distance

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dughet, Gaspard (Gaspard Poussin)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: John Barnard (Lugt 1419)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1635 - 1675

Note

II/III. The address of Mauperche has been scraped off the paper.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 231 mm Width 212 mm
Sheet Height 233 mm Width 214 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Gasparo Duche in. Sculp. Romae
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: G Poussin
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: [illegible - the inscription has been abraded off the paper, although it probably consisted of Mauperche's address]
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: Lugt 1419

  • Text: J:B.
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Sale of Longford's / No 1
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: aB (?)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Text: n / n 44 / 5 / 229
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1628-1991
Primary reference Number: 83025
Bartsch: 2
Illustrated Bartsch: 2
Illustrated Bartsch Commentary: .002 II/III
Lugt: 1419
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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