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Inscriptions
signed, lower center, in black chalk: E. V. VELDE. / 1627 ; VERSO, center, in graphite: No 5 [erased] ; center, in graphite: Isias van de Velde ; lower left, in graphite: [illegible, erased] ; lower right, in graphite: H8 [circled] ; SECONDARY SUPPORT (fragment, now removed), upper right, in graphite: Cat no. 290 ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower right, in graphite: 1850- ; VERSO OF TERTIARY SUPPORT (fragment, now removed), lower left, in graphite: Coll. Städel (Stempel [getilgt?]). / Coll. Aug. Grahl (L. 1199) / Coll. ten Cate, Cat. 1955, No 298 ; lower right, in graphite: Boerner Sale no. 99
Provenance
Städelsches Kunstinstitut (J. F. Staedel) C. Josi A. Grahl (Boerner, Düsseldorf) (Colnaghi, London) F. Lugt H. E. ten Cate (Boerner, Düsseldorf) ACCORDING TO KEYES 1984 AND DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS: Christian Josi , Amsterdam and London (Lugt 573-575, not stamped) (?); Städelsches Kunstinstitut (J. F. Staedel), Frankfurt (Lugt 2356, verso, lower left, in black ink) (?); August Grahl, Dresden (Lugt 1199, lower left, in black ink); [sold: Sotheby's, London 27-28 April 1885, lot 336]; [sold: Boerner, Leipzig, 28 Nov. 1912, lot 244]; [Colnaghi, London]; Frits Lugt, Maartensdijk (Lugt 1028, not stamped); H. E. ten Cate, Oldenzaal/Almelo (Lugt 533b, verso, lower right, in brown ink); [Boerner, Düsseldorf]; Nathan Chaikin, Italy
Exhibition history
Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966). Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 29-June 6, 1967). Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973). Seventeenth Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (January 28-March 13, 1977); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (April 1-May 15, 1977); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (June 1-July 15, 1977). Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982). National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630)
- Date
- 1627
- Medium
- black chalk and brush and gray and brown wash (addition, upper left, in white paint and black chalk); framing lines in brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 19.6 x 29.2 cm (7 11/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Accession no.
- 1966.7
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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