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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1885,0711.274
Description
Landscape with cottages, trees and a figures on the banks of a canal; a woman washing clothes under a penthouse by the cottage, and two men in a boat nearby Black chalk with grey wash
Producer name
Drawn by:
Salomon van Ruysdael
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1615-1650
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
180 millimetres
Width:
293 millimetres
Curator's comments
In style the drawing corresponds closely with the drawing of the 'Ferry' in the Albertina (Sch. & Med., 691).
Bibliographic references
Hind 1915-31 / Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
cottage
canal scene
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Esdaile
(L.2617)
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Russell
(Christie's, London, 11.xii.1884/321 (?) as 'A. Cuyp - Cottages by a riverside - black chalk, washed')
Acquisition date
1885
Acquisition notes
Thibaudeau acted as an agent for the British Museum at the Russell sale in December 1884, see 1885,0509.1574-1607. Some of the other drawings Thibaudeau purchased at the same sale were subsequently sold to the British Museum in 1885; see 1885,0509.33-51 and 1885,0711.271-303.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1885,0711.274