DrawingsDutch17th century

Palm Tree in Rocky Landscape

17th century

Artists

Jacques de Gheyn IIArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25 × 19.4 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Carl Wiesböck, Vienna (L. 2576, with his mark). Evelyn Reynold[s?], sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 19 February 1936, (as Flemish School, Study of Trees)], sold; to J. Winslow Ames, Springfield, MO (L. 2602b, with his mark). Austin A. Mitchell, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969. NOTE: Colnaghi information provided by Steven Ongpin from Colnaghi stock books, 20 December 2001.

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