DrawingsDutch17th century

View of a Ploughed Field

c. 1639-1642

Artists

Aelbert CuypArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, black chalk, and a modified gum arabic on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.2 x 25.1 cm (6 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Heimsoeth Collection. Dr. A. Sträter, Aix-en-Chappelle (Lugt 787), sold [through his sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, May 10-14, 1898, lot 1102]. [Otto and Anne Wertheimer, Basel and Paris, by 1949]. Private collection, Paris. [Artemis Fine Arts, Paris], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, 2003, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024

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