DrawingsDutch17th century

Forest Landscape with a Pond

c. 1650-1670

Artists

Jan LievensArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk, and later touches of white chalk on light tan antique laid paper prepared with light tan wash, partial framing line in black chalk at upper edge

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22 x 35.6 cm (8 11/16 x 14 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Gerard van Rossem, Amsterdam, possibly his sale [De Winter and Yver, Amsterdam, 8 February 1773, no. E393, together with another sheet for f. 17.10 to Fouquet]. Henry S. Reitlinger, London (L. 2274a, without his mark)(1). Carl Robert Rudolf, London (L. 2811b, verso, lower right) sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, without their mark); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014. (1) according to London 1953

Related Artworks

Drawings

Kitchen Maid with a Knife

Jan van Noordt, 17th century

Black and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, laid down

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Study of a Seated Boy

Adriaen van de Velde, 17th century

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

The Kamperbuitenpoort in Amersfoort

Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1650

Black chalk on beige antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and partial framing line in black chalk

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 17th century

Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Dog

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Brown ink and blue-gray wash, squared in graphite, on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Inside back cover: Faint Sketch of a Standing Girl

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Graphite on paper pasted down on parchment

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Ship in a Storm

Matthijs van Plattenberg, 17th century

Brown ink, brown wash, red chalk and traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink and partial framing line in red chalk

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Turnips

Rocho van Veen, 17th century

Watercolor and brown ink on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Five Shells

Jan van Huysum I, 17th century

Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper; double framing line in black ink

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Portrait of Aurangzeb (after a Mughal painting)

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, c. 1655

Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white opaque watercolor on Asian paper; later additions in gray wash and scratchwork, framing line in brown ink, mounted overall

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Travellers and Horsemen resting by a Fountain in an Italianate River Landscape

Dirk Maas, 17th-18th century

Black chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk along left and bottom margins and framing line in black ink along top and right margins; verso: red chalk [another hand?]

17th-18th centuryDutch

Drawings

Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well

Willem Drost, c. 1650-1655

Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink and graphite at right, some ruled, and in black chalk at bottom

17th centuryDutch