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The Gateway to a Town

The Gateway to a Town

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The Gateway to a Town
ArtistDutch, 1566–1651
CultureDutch
Titles
  • The Gateway to a Town
Datec. 1630
PlaceNetherlands
MediumPen and brown ink with watercolor and red chalk on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/16 x 12 1/8 in. (20.4 x 30.7 cm)
 Mount: 9 1/4 × 13 5/16 in. (23.5 × 33.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number74.254
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceR. H. Randall Davies (1866-1946), London (Lugt 2903a); Dr. C. R. Rudolph, London; The Rt. Hon. Lord Wharton; [Paul Drey Gallery, New York, by 1974]; purchased by MFAH, 1974.
Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017

"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, May 14-Nov. 16, 2025 [Sixth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Published References "A Permanent Legacy," introduction by Peter C. Marzio, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Hudson Hills Press, 1989. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed at lower left in ink: "A. Bloem f"

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