DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

View of Over Muelen

c. 1575-80

Artists

Hans BolArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray, rose, and yellow wash over black chalk, incised, on cream antique laid paper, inside framing line in black chalk at top, right and partially at bottom, outside framing line in brown ink at top, right and bottom; verso: long lines in brown ink and rubbed with black chalk

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.5 x 21.5 cm (5 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, Amsterdam, 30 November 1987, lot 6, repr.] sold; to Vermeer Associates, Ltd, Brampton, Ontario, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund and Richard Norton Memorial Fund, 1993.170

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