DrawingsDutch18th century

A Capriccio with Nymphs in the Garden of a Palace

1739

Artists

Isaac de MoucheronArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

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

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 22.9 x 34.1 cm (9 x 13 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Max Strauss, sold; [Glückselig/Wawra, Vienna, 22 March 1926, lot 196]. Stephen Cann, sold; [Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1971, lot 101] sold; to [Robert M. Light and Company, Santa Barbara, California, 1971], gift; Harvard University Art Museums, 2005. NOTE: Information concerning the 1926 Vienna sale was taken from Nina Wedde, "Isaac De Moucheron (1667-1744)", under cat. no. W167, p. 415.

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