Cottages on Road by Edge of a Wood

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2004.90
People: Jan van Kessel, Dutch (1641 - 1680)
Title: Cottages on Road by Edge of a Wood
Other Titles: Alternate Title: A Village with Peasants
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1665-c. 1669
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/293964

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray wash, black ink and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite

Dimensions

18.7 x 25.3 cm (7 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 4557 [encircled]
watermark: [countermark]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Private Collection. [Christie's, London, 3 April 1995, lot 184], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

NOTE: Cited as "private collection" in Jan van Kessel (1641-1680), Alice I. Davies, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Agnes Gund
Accession Year: 2004
Object Number: 2004.90
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Alice I. Davies, Jan van Kessel (1641-1680) (Ghent, Belgium, 1992), no. d68, pl. 251, under no. d67

Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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2004.90: Cottages on Road by Edge of a Wood