DrawingsDutch17th century

Unidentified Scene from Classical History

c. 1665

Artists

Juriaen OvensArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted overall

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.6 x 21.9 cm (8 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.)

Provenance

L. Selliers, Vienna (L. 2281, without his mark). Alfred Ritter von Franck, Vienna and Graz (L. 947, with his mark), his sale; [F.A.C. Prestel, Frankfurt am Main, 4-5 December 1889, lot 100 (as Samuel van Hoogstraaten)]. Count Gregori Sergeievitch Stroganoff, Rome (L. 550, with his mark). William Pitcairn Knowles, Rotterdam and Wiesbaden (L. 2643, with his mark). Sold [Lucien Goldschmidt, New York, 1980]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, without their mark); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2009.212.

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