DrawingsDutch17th century

View of the Katelijnepoort in Mechelen

5/1/1674

Artists

Valentijn KlotzArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, laid down

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 15.2 x 20 cm (6 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Wilhelm Koller, Vienna, his sale; [Alexander Posonyi, Vienna, 5 February 1872, no. 270 (as van den Uyl)], sold; to H. Bergmann, probably sold; [C. J. Wawra, Vienna; 3 June 1889, one of lot 338 (as van den Uyl]. Liechtenstein Collection, Vienna. Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, 1990], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

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