DrawingsDutch17th century

Farcical Peasant Brawl

1623

Artists

Adriaen van de VenneArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, gray wash, white gouache, over graphite, incised, on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10.5 × 13.7 cm (4 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Van den Brande collection, Middelburg by descent; to E. C. Baron van Pallandt [1], sold [through his sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, September 26, 1972, lot 1972]. [Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, MA, 1973, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025 Notes [1] It is not clear whether Pieter van den Brande (167?-1718) and/or his son, Johan Pieter van den Brande I (1707-1758) formed the collection that descended to Baron van Pallandt (sale 1972). See Charles Dumas and Robert-Jan te Rijdt, "Kleur en Raffinement: Tekeningen uit de unicorno collective," Zwolle, 1994, pp. 90-91.

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