DrawingsDutch17th century

A Winter Landscape

late 1620s

Artists

Hendrick Barentsz. AvercampArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown and black ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gray wash over graphite on two sheets of antique laid paper, the secondary sheet extending 10 mm below the primary one at the bottom, partial framing line in graphite, mounted overall

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18.2 x 28.7 cm (7 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.) framed: 25.4 x 35.9 cm (10 x 14 1/8 in.)

Provenance

E. J. Dorhout Mees, Haarlem, by descent; to Mrs. E. J. Dorhout Mees, Aerdenhout. [Christie’s, Amsterdam, 15 November 1983, lot 30] sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (without their mark, L. 3306); Gift of George Abrams, in appreciation of Charles J. Egan, Jr., Harvard Class of 1954; Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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