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Ships in Rotterdam Harbor
Ludolf Bakhuizen (Dutch, 1631–1708)
1660-1670
Medium/Technique
Pen with brown and grey ink, brush with grey and brown washes, over traces of graphite, with partial framing lines in brown ink. Trimmed to framing lines. Hinged at top to old mount.
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.4 x 23.2 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Mount: 27.2 x 34.7 cm (10 11/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
Mount: 27.2 x 34.7 cm (10 11/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence S. Gerstein
Accession Number2005.236
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Signed
yes
InscriptionsRecto, monogrammed on barrel at lower left: L. B.
Verso, center, in graphite: blaue/ 1 bistol...... (? illeg.)/ 43-36/ pour cadre
Note: old backing sheet has traces of blue wash
Verso, center, in graphite: blaue/ 1 bistol...... (? illeg.)/ 43-36/ pour cadre
Note: old backing sheet has traces of blue wash
ProvenanceR. M. Light and Co., Boston and New York, mid-1960s; Florence S. Gerstein (1926-2004, Boston); her bequest to MFA