1991.478: Landscape with a Road, Trees and Fence

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.478

People

Pieter de Molijn, Dutch (London, England 1595 - 1661 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Landscape with a Road, Trees and Fence

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294224

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black chalk

Dimensions

actual: 13.6 x 19 cm (5 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 258860 10 ["10" is encircled]
• inscription: lower left, black ink: 6.
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Bernard Houthakker Gallery, Amsterdam, 1965 catalogue, 1965, no. 46]. [Geneviève Aymonier-Ferault, Paris, 1971 catalogue, no. 28]. Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 21 November 1989, lot 44], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams

Accession Year

1991

Object Number

1991.478

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Hans-Ulrich Beck, Pieter Molyn 1595-1661: Katalog der Handzeichnungen, Doornspijk (Davaco, 1998), p. 20; p. 204, cat. no. 459

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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