Landscape with City and Waterways; verso: two scenes from Roman history (left, Bound Prisoner Led Away from a Seated Ruler; right, Caius Mrius in Prison)

Unidentified artist, Flemish, 17th century

17th century

Medium/Technique Pen and brown ink with brush and blue-gray wash (recto) and pen and brown ink (verso) on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions Sheet: 23.1 x 41.7 cm (9 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III

Accession Number64.21

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

Marks At lower left, the mark of an unidentified 18th-century (?) collector (Lugt 1976)

InscriptionsAt lower right in sepia: P Bril (in the manner of Brill but not by him).
On mount, at lower right: Burgava ?

ProvenanceUnidentified 18th century collection (Lugt 1976). Mathias Komor (dealer; b. 1909 - d. 1984), New York (Lugt suppl. 1882a). 1964, gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III (b. 1925 - d. 2008), Cambridge, MA to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1964)