Trees and a Cottage at the Edge of a Road
DrawingsDutch17th century

Trees and a Cottage at the Edge of a Road

c. 1648-1655

Artists

Jacob van RuisdaelArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and black chalk
Culture
Dutch
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.3 x 19.7 cm (6 x 7 3/4 in.)

Provenance

The "J. Ruijsdael" collector, by 1690. Théodore-Charles-Louis Hippert, Brussels (L. 1377, verso, lower center). Mr. and Mrs. C. Benedict, Berlin and Paris. Kurt Meissner, Zurich, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1981 (L. 3306, verso, lower right); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2008.251.

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