Lucas van Uden
A Panoramic River Landscape with Pollard Willows

ArtistFlemish, 1595–1672
CultureFlemish
Titles
  • A Panoramic River Landscape with Pollard Willows
Date1640–1650
MediumPen and brown ink and watercolor on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 13/16 × 13 9/16 in. (22.4 × 34.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints & Drawings Accessions Endowment.
Object number2014.145
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, England; [J.H.J. Mellaart, London]; purchased by I. Q. van Regteren Altena, September 1926-2014; [Christie’s, London, “The I.Q. Van Regteren Altena Collection, part 1: Dutch & Flemish Drawings from the Renaissance to the Golden Age,” July 10, 2014, lot 17; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Le Cabinet d’un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d’une collection privée d’Amsterdam," Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Fondation Custodia, Paris; and Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Brussels, 1976–77.

"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14–April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso, left edge, inscribed in ink: [...]ataxien
Verso, bottom right edge, inscribed in ink: C.337
Interior of mat board, bottom right, inscribed in pencil: 45 [circled], v. Uden, Ci 3
Verso, stamped in black ink: PA [circled]
Watermark: Strasburg Lily with WR, black ink framing lines

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