DrawingsDutch17th century

Pikeman

17th century

Artists

Jacques de Gheyn IIArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28 x 18 cm (11 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, Amsterdam. Sold [through unidentified auction house, Amsterdam, April 5, 1725, lot 56]. Jan Goeree, Amsterdam. Sold [through unidentified auction house, Amsterdam, March 12, 1731, lot T]. Jacob Heinrich von Hefner Altneck, Munich (Lugt 1254). Sold [through Galerie Helbing, Munich, June 9, 1904, lot 130]. Sold [through Sotheby's, London, February 15, 1921, part of lot 23]. Charles Fairfax Murray, London. Carl Robert Rudolf, London (Lugt 2811b), sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975

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