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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.16
People
Jan van de Velde II, Dutch (Rotterdam(?), Netherlands 1593 - 1641 Enkhuizen, Netherlands)
Title
Landscape with a Watermill; verso: Monastery (?)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295554

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: graphite
Dimensions
actual: 17.5 x 30.5 cm (6 7/8 x 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Strasburg lily with WR
  • inscription: verso, lower center, brown ink: Ruysdale [?] ...l [? last word abraded]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: cu-

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams in memory of J. G. van Gelder
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America, Netherlands-American Amity Trust and Eerdmans (Washington, D.C. and Grand Rapids, MI, 1986), p. 39

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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