Attributed to Jacob Esselens

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Attributed to Jacob Esselens
1626-1687
Landscape with Trees, Forest and a Stream
Black chalk, gray ink wash, with white chalk, on blue-gray paper.
18 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (463 x 540 mm)
Gift of George and Maida Abrams.
1991.43

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Watermark: none visible through lining.

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Apparently signed at the upper left (partially obliterated), in black chalk, "JE" (?). Inscribed on the verso of the mount, in graphite, at lower right (both upside down), "258859" and "16"; and at upper left, "1671 c / At.c Waterloo / 3.000 F".

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George and Maida Abrams, Newton, MA.
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Abrams, George, former owner.
Abrams, Maida, former owner.

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