DrawingsDutch18th century

Man Leading a Horse by a Pond in a Stormy, Wooded Landscape

c. 1700

Artists

Isaac de MoucheronArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.8 x 31.5 cm (8 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.) image: 15.2 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Van den Brande collection, Middelburg [1], by descent; to E. C. Baron van Pallandt, Haarlem, sold; [through Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, September 26, 1972, lot 359]; to Adolph Schwartz, Amsterdam, sold; [through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1991 (L. 3306); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Gift of George Abrams in memory of Milton Gwirtzman, Harvard Class of 1954, 2011.518. Notes [1] It is not clear whether Pieter van den Brande (167?-1718) and/or his son, Johan Pieter van den Brande I (1707-1758) formed the collection that descended to Baron van Pallandt (sale 1972). See Charles Dumas and Robert-Jan te Rijdt, "Kleur en Raffinement: Tekeningen uit de unicorno collectie," Zwolle, 1994, pp. 90-91.

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