Ascribed to Jan Both

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Ascribed to Jan Both
1618?-1652
An Italianate Landscape with Ruined Tower
ca. 1640-1650
Gray wash with black chalk over graphite.
7 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches (181 x 267 mm) in decorative frame 13 1/2 x 18 7/16 x 1 3/8 inches
Thaw Collection.
2017.14
Inscription: 

Signed at lower left in pen and brown ink, "fe asselin". Collector's mark at lower right, "[illegible] . L".
Watermark: Foolscap with five points, over cross and three balls (similar to Heawood, no. 1921: 1648-49).

Provenance: 
Bob P. Haboldt & Co., New York and Paris; from whom purchased by Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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Associated names: 

Asselijn, Jan, -1652, Formerly attributed to.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 19, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 9, repr.

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