DrawingsDutch18th century

Landscape with a Herdsman and his Animals by a Stream

1779

Artists

Jacob CatsArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, gray wash, and touches of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and black chalk

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.7 x 24.7 cm (6 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 8 November 2000, lot 117]; sold, to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

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