View of Ghent, Barend Klotz (attributed to), 1674

Identification

Title(s)

View of Ghent

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1898-A-3766

Description

Gezicht op Gent vanuit het zuiden, met rechts de Sint-Pieterskerk en links de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Barend Klotz (attributed to)
draughtsman: Valentijn Klotz (rejected attribution)

Place

Ghent

Dating

26-Sep-1674

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over traces of graphite; framing line in brown ink

Material

paper
ink

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 91 mm × width 154 mm

Subject

What

prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city

Where

Ghent

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Dec-1898

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-98), Amsterdam (L. 2118a); his sale, Amsterdam (P. van der Schley et al.), 3 March 1800 sqq., Album L, no. 28 (‘Twee stuks Gezigten te Gent; geestig met de Pen en O.I. Inkt, door V. Clotz’), fl. 4:15:-, to ‘Buys’;{Copy RMA.} or Album FF, no. 33 (‘Twee stuks gezigten op Gent en Boksmeer; met de pen en O. ink, door V. Klotz’), fl. 13, to ‘Van Leen’;{Copy RMA.} …; collection Jonkheer Victor Eugène Louis de Stuers (1843-1916), The Hague; from whom, together with 14 other drawings, fl. 95:60:- for all, to the museum (L. 2228), 1898

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

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