River God with an Eagle

Jan Lievens

Artist, Dutch, 1607 - 1674

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 14.6 x 20 cm (5 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1981.32.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Amsterdam, 19 May 1925, no. 401). J.Q. van Regteren Altena [1899-1980], Amsterdam. Dr. Hans Schneider [1888-1953], Basel. Tobias Christ, Basel; (his sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1981, no. 33). (David Tunick, Inc); acquired 1981 by the NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Milwaukee Art Museum, 2008-2009, no. 104.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower left verso: J Lievens.; lower center verso: [f?]r.e; upper right verso: 61B

Wikidata ID

Q64580760

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