DrawingsDutch17th century

Landscape with Five Figures

17th century

Artists

Pieter de MolijnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 11 x 18.4 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Unidentified Auction House, Paris, 6 May 1909, lot 86]. Louis Deglatigny, Rouen (L. 1768a, without his mark), his sale; [Hôtel Drouot, 22 November 1937, lot 191]. [Christie's, London, 1 July 1969, lot 148], sold; to Lundi. [Christie's South Kensington, London, 5 April 1977, lot 31]. Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

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