DrawingsDutch17th century

A River Landscape

1653

Artists

Jan van GoyenArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and partial framing line in black chalk, laid down on mount

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.8 x 26.8 cm (6 5/8 x 10 9/16 in.) mount: 17.8 x 27.9 cm (7 x 11 in.)

Provenance

Jean-François Gigoux, Paris (L. 1164, with his mark), Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20-23 March 1882, lot 316. Ernest May, Paris. Private collector. David Jones, Paris. Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.144. NOTE: Ernest May's ownership is according to an inscription on the backboard; the drawing was not in his sale at the Galerie George Petit, 4 June 1890.

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