1953.55: Landscape with Castle on the Shore; verso: A Castle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1953.55

People

Thomas Wijck, Dutch (Beverwijck, near Haarlem 1616 - 1677 Haarlem)

Title

Landscape with Castle on the Shore; verso: A Castle

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297423

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown and gray wash, graphite and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink, incised; verso: gray wash and trial strokes in black ink

Dimensions

actual: 13.5 x 19.7 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: lower left, brown ink: TW [in ligature] ijck
• collector's mark: lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 2112 (Paul Sandby)
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Paul Sandby, London (L. 2112, lower left). [Alister Mathews, Bournemouth], sold; to Dr. Fritz B. Talbot, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1953; Gift of Dr. Fritz B. Talbot, 1953.55

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Fritz B. Talbot

Accession Year

1953

Object Number

1953.55

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Italy through Dutch Eyes: Dutch Seventeenth Century Landscape Artists in Italy, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 04/22/1964 - 05/24/1964

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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