DrawingsDutch19th-20th century

A Young Boy Reading at Night, possibly Paul Arntzenius

19th-20th century

Artists

Willem Bastiaan TholenArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk with some smudging on off-white wove paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

49 × 61.5 cm (19 5/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

Provenance

[Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, May 26, 1965, lot 43] sold; to a private collection, sold [through Venduehuis der Notarissen, The Hague, November 21, 2018, lot 119]; to George Abrams, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

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