DrawingsDutch18th century

Winter Landscape with a Coach and Travelers by a House

1786

Artists

Jacob CatsArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.5 x 17.6 cm (5 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Pieter Langerhuizen, Crailoo near Bussum (without his mark, L. 2095), sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 29 April 1919, lot 146]; to Van Groenewegen. H. E. ten Cate, Oldenzaal (without his mark, L. 533b). [C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf.] [K. J. Müllenmeister, Solingen.] Private collection, Rhineland. [Sotheby’s, London, 14 December 1992, lot 24, repr.], sold; to Vermeer Associates Ltd., Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Deborah Loeb Brice, 2004.74

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