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Houtewael on the Diemerdijk

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.
Provenancepossibly Andrew Geddes [1738-1844], London; (his sale, Christie's, London, April 8-14, 1845, lot no. 361). William Johnson Neale [1812-1893], London, by 1895. Thomas Mark Hovell [1853-1925], London, by 1918; Thomas Dinwiddy [1845-1928], London; (his sale, Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1918, lot no. 124); (purchased by P. and D. Colnaghi & Obach, London). Anton Wilhelmus Mari Mensing [1866-1936], Amsterdam; (his sale, Frederik Muller & Co, Amsterdam, 27 April 1937, lot no. 218). Adolf Mayer, The Hague and New York. (Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, by 1957); purchased 1958 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition 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
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