DrawingsNetherlandish15th-16th century

Giving Drink to the Thirsty

1552

Artists

Maarten van HeemskerckArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over touches of black chalk and incidental white opaque watercolor, incised, on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink over black chalk

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

15th-16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.6 x 20 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Probably C. Elout, sold; [Van de Vinne, Haarlem, 4 April 1780, KB A, part of lot 32]; to J. La Clé, by descent to; his widow, E. M. Brouwer, sold; [A. Engesmet, Haarlem, 25 September 1827, kb A, part of lot 32]; to Engesmet (bought in). Private Collector, Paris, sold; to [Bob P. Haboldt & Co., Paris and New York], sold; to Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, 1993, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994; Purchase through the generosity of an Anonymous Donor, 1994.155.

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