DrawingsDutch17th century

Street along a Village Wall

c. 1630-1640

Artists

Abraham BloemaertArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown, red, and green washes over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.5 × 21.3 cm (6 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Isaac Walraven, Amsterdam, sold through [De Winter, Yver, Amsterdam, 14 October 1765, lot 562]. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (L. 3002-3004 with his mark). Karl Eduard von Liphart, Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (L. 1687 with his mark), bequest, to Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof near Dorpat, Russia (L. 1758 with his mark), sold through [C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26 April 1898, lot 101]; to Meder. Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt, Berlin (L. 2926, with his mark), sold through [F.A.C. Prestell, Frankfurt am Main, 4-11 October 1917, lot 46]. [Karl Ernst Henrici, Berlin, 29 May 1918, lot 68]. H. Deiker, Braunfels. [Klipstein and Kornfeld, Bern], sold; to Dr. and Mrs. George C. Shattuck, Brookline, MA, 1961, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

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