DrawingsDutch17th century

A Castle

1650s

Artists

Roelant RoghmanArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gray wash and black chalk 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

29.1 x 47.9 cm (11 7/16 x 18 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Simon Fokke, Amsterdam, sold; [Van der Schley et al., Amsterdam, 6 December 1784, kb C, lot 265.] Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague (L. 561, without his mark), sold; to Jhr. Dr. Willem Adriaan Beelaerts van Blokland, The Hague, 1930, by descent; to Baron and Baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten, 1935; to Baroness Jonkvrouw Ludolphine Henriette Schimmelpenninck van der Oye; to Theo Laurentius, Voorschoten, The Netherlands, 1965, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1974; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2009.204.

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