DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

The Outskirts of a Village with Peasants

1589

Artists

Hans BolArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Opaque and transparent watercolor over traces of black chalk and graphite on antique laid paper mounted overall to wood panel, framing lines in shell gold and dark red opaque watercolor

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.1 x 15 cm (4 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.) framed: 16.5 x 22.2 cm (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Possibly [Sotheby’s, London, 8 February 1950, lot 2]; to R. Frank. Carel Goldschmidt, New York, sold; [Christie's, New York, 12 January 1995, lot 214, repr.]; to [Vermeer Associates, Ltd., Brampton, Ontario] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Virginia Deknatel and in memory of Lucy Rowland, Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund, Marian H. Phinney Fund, Agnes Mongan Purchase Fund, Drawing Department Acquisition Fund, and Drawing Department Discretionary Fund, and through the generosity of an anonymous donor, David Giles Carter, the DBH Foundation, and the B. Walter and Geraldine E. Sterenfeld Foundation, 2001.54

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