DrawingsDutch17th century

Return from the Hunt

1655

Artists

Nicolaes Berchem the ElderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.7 × 19.2 cm (5 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Jonkheer Dr. J. A. Repelaer, The Hague. [The Brod Gallery, London, by 1967], sold; to Henry and June Weldon, New York, c. 1967. Bought in at [Sotheby's, London, July 8, 2015]. George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

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