Allegory of Sculpture

Not on View

Medium

red chalk with pen and brown ink and gray wash on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 15.9 x 10.1 cm (6 1/4 x 4 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.142

Artists / Makers

Gerard van Houten (artist) Dutch, 1675 - 1706

Image Use

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Inscription

by artist, lower right in pen and brown ink: G. van Houten f.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: G van Houten f.; by later hand on mount, upper center in graphite: G van Humen; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B0011

Provenance

Chevalier Jean Camberlyn [1783-1861], Brussels (Lugt 514). (sale, Christie's New York, 11 January 1989, no. 184). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Camberlyn, Jean
Camberlyn, Jean
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
McCrindle, Joseph F.

Bibliography

2012: Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 173 (color).