DrawingsDutch17th century

Tavern Scene

17th century

Artists

Egbert van Heemskerck the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Prussian blue (blue-green) ink and blue-green wash on light tan antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 27.7 x 42.7 cm (10 7/8 x 16 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague (L. 561, verso, lower left), sold (possibly); [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 4 November 1931, lot 113]. Ernst Jurgen Otto, Celles, Germany (L. 873b, verso, lower left). [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1964; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.148. NOTE: In the Boerner sale of November 1931, lots 105-116 are all Egbert van Heemskerk. No. 113 matches this drawing best in its description and exhibition history.

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