A Farmhouse on the Banks of a River with Herdsman on a Ferry

Jan II van de Velde (circa 1593 - 1641)

British Museum

circa 1635 - 1640

A landscape of fantasy. The style is marked by a display of calligraphic penwork that fuses the whimsical architecture and the organic elements into a unified whole.

• Medium: pen & brown ink with brown wash & some red chalk
• Dimensions: 21.1 x 30.1cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £24,574)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox

Provenance

Prof I.Q.Van Regteren Altena; Christie's, Amsterdam 12/11/991, lot 71; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox.

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