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Maritime Scene with a Cityscape in the Distance


Views of the RIver Ij and the Sea
D'Y Stroom en Zee gezichten
Ludolf Bakhuizen (Dutch, 1631–1708)
Dutch
1701

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Platemark: 17.8 x 23.3 cm (7 x 9 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 18.5 x 24.2 cm (7 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Image: 17.4 x 23 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Number16.482
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 03; Hollstein 3, iii
Signed signed
Marks Watermark, r.c. (Arms of Amsterdam)
Verso, c.: Lugt 282 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and in graphite 26262
Verso, b.c.: Lugt 2091 (Paul J. Sachs, born 1878, active Cambridge, Mass.)
Verso, b.c. in black ink: unidentified mark (B 3 in an oval)



InscriptionsIn plate, l.l.: L. Bakhuizen fec. et exc.
In plate, l.r.: cum Privil. ord. Holland et West Frisie.

In graphite, l.l. 967664
In graphite, l.r.: Backhuysen B 3
Verso, b.c. in black ink: unidentified mark or inscription? (B 3 in an oval)
ProvenanceAugust Sträter (b. 1810 - d. 1897; Lugt 787), Aachen. Paul J. Sachs (b. 1878 - d. 1965; Lugt 2091), Cambridge, MA; 1916, gift of Paul J. Sachs to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 11, 2022)