DrawingsFrench17th century

Two Men in a Small Sailing Vessel

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Claude LorrainArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash with touches of graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.3 x 20.8 cm (6 x 8 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Sackville Bale, London (his mark, L.640); his sale, London, Christie's, 9-14 June 1881, lot 2370, sold; to Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932, inv. no. 1932.175

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