Ascribed to Jan Both
1618?-1652
An Italianate Landscape with Ruined Tower
ca. 1640-1650
7 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches (181 x 267 mm) in decorative frame 13 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 1 3/8 inches
Gray wash with black chalk over graphite.
2017.14
Thaw Collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "fe asselin". Collector's mark at lower right, "[illegible] . L".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points, over cross and three balls (similar to Heawood, no. 1921: 1648-49).
Watermark: Foolscap with five points, over cross and three balls (similar to Heawood, no. 1921: 1648-49).
Associated names
Asselijn, Jan, -1652, Formerly attributed to.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 19, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 9, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 9, repr.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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