DrawingsDutch17th century

Cottage with a Bleaching Yard

1660s

Artists

Lambert DoomerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and gray wash mixed with white opaque watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.7 x 36.1 cm (8 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Provenance

De Bèze, sold; [Pierre Remy, Paris, 3 April 1775 and following days, lot 226]; to Sr. Yver. R. Pott, sold; [A.J. Lamme, Rotterdam, 11 October 1855 and following days, kunstboek 3, lot 61]; to D. Vis Blokhuyzen, Rotterdam, sold; [Lamme, Rotterdam, 23 October 1871 and following days, lot 160; to Linnig (possibly Jos. Linnig). Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Darmstadt (L. 2879, verso, lower left) sold; [H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 25-26 May 1903, lot 118]; to Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague (L. 561, verso, lower left), sold; [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 4 November 1931, lot 81, repr. pl. 7.]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge (L. 2087a, without his mark); bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.51.

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