DrawingsDutch17th century

Study of a Seated Boy

17th century

Artists

Adriaen van de VeldeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with gray wash

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.2 x 18 cm (10 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf, 1964.] E. Trautscholdt, Dusseldorf, 1966. [Hyman Swetzoff Gallery, Boston]. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, New York. [Sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 30 May 1979, lot 51, as Jan Josef Horemans]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, without their mark); Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams in memory of Jakob Rosenberg, 1980.75

Related Artworks

Drawings

Peasants in an Interior

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Brown ink and gray wash over black chalk; two overlapping rectangles in brown ink

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Portrait of a Man Standing at a Desk

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 16th-17th century

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper

16th-17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Three Peasants at Table; verso: remains of black chalk sketch

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Black ink, gray wash, and transparent and opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Peasants Reaping Grain

Allart van Everdingen, 17th century

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

A Tulip (Vroege Perregon)

Pieter Holsteyn II, 17th century

Transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

A Sheep with Bound Legs

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

Black chalk on faded blue (?) paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Houses and a Well near Koudekerk

Jan de Bisschop, 1650-1655

Brown ink, brown and gray wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink; a paper inlay 10 mm wide around the edges on the verso

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Standing Youth seen from Behind; a staff propped on his left shoulder

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Black and white chalk on dark cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Skating Scene

Esaias van de Velde, 17th century

Black chalk and gray-purple wash on off-white antique laid paper, mounted

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Drunk Peasant Couple; verso: Sketch of a Farmhouse

Isaac van Ostade, c. 1639-41

Brown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Peasant Interior

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Brown ink and gray-brown wash on cream antique laid paper

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Landscape with Mountain and River

Unidentified Artist, 17th century

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall on two sheets of antique laid ledger paper

17th centuryDutch