DrawingsDutch17th century

Boy with a Fish

17th century

Artists

Jacob Gerritz CuypArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk or opaque watercolor with stray oil [?], with a framing line in black chalk, on light tan antique laid paper, perhaps prepared

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.4 x 13.4 cm (10 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.) mount: 33.9 x 23.7 cm (13 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Heinrich Kaspar Lempertz, Cologne (L. 1337, verso, lower left). A. Rub, Mannheim (?) (L. 164a, verso, lower right). [Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (L. 1272, verso, lower right)] sold; [Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17-18 November 1975, lot 108]. [Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London, 1982]. Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, without their mark); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2011.519.

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