DrawingsDutch17th century

Five Peasants in an Interior

1690

Artists

Cornelis DusartArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, brown and gray wash and watercolor, over black chalk on parchment

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.4 x 30 cm (10 x 11 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Valerius Röver, Delft (Lugt 2984a-c), his estate inventory (Röver 1739). [1] Johan Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (Lugt 2987). Sir Charles Francis Greville (Lugt 549), England. Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle (Lugt 2600), sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, May 20, 1896, lot 114]. Harry Quilter, sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, April 7 & 9, 1906, lot 62]; to [Colnaghi]. Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (Lugt 421), sold [through his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 8-10, 1920, lot 118]; to Catroux. [Drouot, Paris, commissaires-priseurs Lenormand & Dayen, May 27, 1987, lot 99]. [Bruno de Bayser, Paris], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1989, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023 Notes [1] In the Röver estate inventory in 1739, p. 65, Prt. 26, no. 38

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