DrawingsDutch17th century

A Pack Mule; verso: fragment of a Dog

17th century

Artists

Nicolaes Berchem the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in black ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.2 × 14.7 cm (5 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Gerard Leembruggen (no. 74). John Malcolm, by descent; to The Hon. A. E. Gathorne-Hardy by descent; to Geoffrey Gathorne-Hardy, by descent; to The Hon. Robert Gathorne-Hardy, sold [through Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, lot 9] to Herbert Baer, London, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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