Allegory of Sculpture

Gerard van Houten

Artist, Dutch, 1675 - 1706

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    2009.70.142

Artwork history & notes

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

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).

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64571811

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