DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

Netting Finch

1582

Artists

Hans BolArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk, incised, on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down on a gold-bordered mount

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

6.9 x 22 cm (2 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.) mount: 9 x 24.1 cm (3 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

John, Lord Viscount Hampden, sold; [Sotheby, London, 27 June 1827, lot 21 (with two others)]. William Esdaile, London (L. 2617, mount, lower right), sold; [Christie’s, London, 18 June 1840 and five following days, lot 576]; to [Hodgson and Graves, London]. Uchter John Mark Knox, fifth Earl of Ranfurly, London, sold; [Christie's, London, 26 March 1928, lot 34]; to [Savile Gallery, London.] [H. M. Calmann, London], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

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