DrawingsDutch17th century

Keizersberg Castle in Leuven

1620s

Artists

Jan van de Velde IIArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.9 x 30.7 cm (7 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Unidentified Collector, Vienna? (L. 1499, with his mark). [Louis de Wild, New York], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1963; The Maida and George S. Abrams Collection, 1999.176.

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