drawing

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Object Type
Museum number: 1868,0612.1601
Description: Dutch coast scene with a fish market; fishing boats in a bay, traders carrying baskets and pushing barrows, a group of figures in a horse-drawn cart at r, figures at left including two women and a man talking, a dog beside them Pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over graphite Verso: A fortified town on the coast; with a galleon and rowing boat at left and a rocky bay at right foreground Graphite
Producer name: Drawn by: Anonymous; Formerly attributed to: Jan van de Velde II; Formerly attributed to: Willem van de Velde I; Formerly attributed to: Willem van de Velde II
School/style
Production date: 17thC
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 162 millimetres; Width: 398 millimetres (sight measurement)
Curator's comments: Dutch XVIIc. Attributed on acquisition to Jan van de Velde, and later to Willem van de Velde (I or II). The drawing on the verso possibly by a different hand.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: market/bazaar; coastal scene
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0612.1601

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