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Houtewael on the Diemerdijk

Artist/Maker (Dutch, 1596–1656)
Date1651
MediumPen and gray wash and black chalk on paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 1/4 in. (10 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1958.40
Status
Not on view
More Information
This sheet comes from a now-dispersed sketchbook used by the artist in 1650-51, in which he records the bursting of the St. Anthony dike near Houtewael on March 5, 1651, and numerous other views of the town.
Exhibition History
Old Master Drawings from College and University Collections
  • Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, TX ( 1962-12 - January 25, 1963 )
  • The J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (December 4, 1962 - December 22, 1962 )
  • Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO ( 1963-02 - 1963-02 )
  • Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI (March 14, 1963 - April 7, 1963 )
  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (June 1, 1963 - June 16, 1963 )
  • San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA ( 1963-07 - 1963-07 )
  • Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (August 19, 1963 - September 9, 1963 )
Working Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 24, 1981 - April 27, 1981 )
Work in Context: Herri met de Bles and the Development of the Netherlandish Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 15, 1996 - September 9, 1996 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
  • European