DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

Merchants' Caravan

1570

Artists

Pieter van der BorchtArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on off-white antique laid paper, incised, black ink framing line, blackened on the verso for transfer to copper plate

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 4.7 x 9.3 cm (1 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Jacob Theodor Cremer, New York; [Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, lot 31]. [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf]. [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

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