DrawingsDutch17th century

Study of a Partridge

17th century

Artists

Pieter WithoosArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor and brown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.6 x 18.8 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.) mount: 28.8 x 21 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

J. A. van Dongen, Amsterdam, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1971 (L. 3306, without their mark); Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams in memory of Susan Morgenstein, class of 1984, 1985.177

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