DrawingsDutch16th-17th century

A Village Street in Primolano

1607

Artists

Paulus van VianenArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray-brown and blue wash over traces of black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.1 x 20 cm (6 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

E. Spiller, London. Sir Paul Jodrell. LeRoy M. Backus, New York and Seattle; his estate; sold [through Schaeffer Galleries, New York.] J. T. Cremer, New York. [Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, lot 28], to [C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf], sold; to [Seiden & DeCuevas, Inc., New York/Vermeer Associates, Brampton, Ontario], 11 June 1981, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1989 (L. 3306, verso, lower right); Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams in memory of Jakob Rosenberg, 1993.246.

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