DrawingsDutch17th century

Two Mules

17th century

Artists

Karel DujardinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.4 x 21.3 cm (6 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Simon Fokke, Amsterdam, sold [through his sale, v.d. Schley... Belli, Amsterdam, December 6, 1784, lot 829]. Gerrit Muller, sold [through his sale, de Vries, Amsterdam, April 2, 1827, Album F, no. 33]. Neville D. Goldsmid, The Hague (Lugt 1962), sold [ through his sale, Paris, Clément, April 25, 1876, lot 47]. Sold [ through Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, June 3, 1981, lot 27]. Sold [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 21, 1989, lot 67]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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