DrawingsDutch17th century

Drunken Lovers

c. 1670-1700

Artists

Cornelis DusartArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, laid down on card and attached to mount

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10 x 8.5 cm (3 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.) primary mount: 10.4 x 8.9 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.) secondary mount: 17.2 x 15.5 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Probably Hendrik Busserus, Amsterdam, his sale, Amsterdam (Van der Schley…Maarszen), 21 October 1782, kb 6, lot 315. Perhaps Samuel Woodburn, London. Edward Vernon Utterson, London (L. 909, lower right). George W. Northrop, Boston. Boston art trade, ca. 1965 to Maida and George Abrams, Boston.

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