Skaters Outside a City Wall

Hendrik van der Straaten

Artist, Dutch, 1665 - 1722

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.5 x 19.3 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.28.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (EB in pen and red ink, Lugt undescribed); (G. Douwes, Amsterdam); (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 1998, no. 222, as Skaters on a Frozen Canal); purchased (via Colnaghi Drawings) 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left margin in graphite: Beerstraten; by later hand, lower left verso in pen and red ink: EB no. 5

Watermarks

Coat of arms

Wikidata ID

Q64573648


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