DrawingsDutch17th century

A Village Street

17th century

Artists

Cornelis DusartArtist

Adriaen van OstadePrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, gray ink, watercolor, and graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.4 × 25.9 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

John, Lord Northwick, sold [through Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, July 5-6, 1921, lot 87 (as Adriaen van Ostade)]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London], sold; to [Gustave Nebehay, Berlin (as Adriaen van Ostade)], sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi, London (as Adriaen van Ostade)]. Carl Robert Rudolf, London (Lugt 2811b). [Brod Gallery, London], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975

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