DrawingsDutch17th century

Six Peasants Merrymaking

c. 1608

Artists

Roelant SaveryArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.1 × 20.6 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Karel Emil (Charles) Duits, London (Lugt 533a), by descent to Duits family. [1] [Thomas Brod, London] sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306), 1999, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020 Notes [1] Spicer 1970 and 1979 listed owner as "private collection, London," which is almost certainly the Duits family.

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