Abraham Bloemaert
The Gateway to a Town

CultureDutch
Titles
  • The Gateway to a Town
Datec. 1630
PlaceNetherlands
MediumPen and brown ink heightened with watercolor 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
Not on view

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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
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed at lower left in ink: "A. Bloem f"

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