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Sailing on the ice
Draughtsman: Visscher, Claes Jansz.
History note: Probably P. Testas de Jonge, Sale Amsterdam, 29 March 1757, Boek (Letter) I, no. 508, bt. Kalkoen, probably C. Ploos van Amstel, Sale Amsterdam, 3 March 1800, p. 79, Kunstboek N, no. 43, bt. Versteegh; D. Versteegh, Sale Amsterdam 3 November 1823, probably part of port. R or 3 W (pp. 37, 96); Jhr. J. Goll van Franckenstein, (Lugt 2987), Sale Amsterdam, 1 July 1833, Kunstboek HH, p. 120, no. 29, bt. Hulswit; Mme. R. Blay, Sale Paris, Hotel Drouot, 4 July, 1929, lot 141; Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt 1405a)
Height: 74 mm
Width: 185 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir
Production date: circa AD 1610
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen, brown ink and blue wash, on paper
Accession number: PD.849-1963
Primary reference Number: 5527
Lugt: 2987
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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