DrawingsDutch18th century

A Wooded, Hilly Landscape with Herders

1783

Artists

Jacob CatsArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown and black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.6 x 24.4 cm (6 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Adolf Schwarz, Amstelveen, by 1968. [Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 10 November 1998, lot 118], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

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