DrawingsDutch17th century

Pergon Claermont

1670

Artists

Zacharias BlyhooftArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Opaque and transparent watercolor with touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30 × 18.2 cm (11 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Provenance

In Doetinchem, 1983; to Hans van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, sold [through his sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, November 24, 1992, lot 25 (with another drawing)]. [Johann Bosch van Rosenthal, Amsterdam], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, 2011

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