DrawingsDutch17th century

A Forest at Twilight

c. 1675-1685

Artists

Anthonie WaterlooArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, autograph framing line in charcoal; verso: test strokes in white chalk

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.3 x 23 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.) mount: 32.6 x 26.9 cm (12 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

John Postle Heseltine, London (L. 1507, with his mark). [Frederick Keppel & Co., New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (without his mark), by 1933, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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