Attributed to Frederik van Valkenborch
Wooded Landscape by a Lake with the Convent of Melk
7 3/4 x 11 inches (197 x 280 mm)
Pen and brown and black ink, brown wash, over traces of graphite, on paper.
1991.1
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the special gift of the Cremer Foundation.
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Watermark: Circle with a cross on a trefoil within a quatrefoil.
The town of Melk is located in north central Austria on the Danube River. The drawing was probably originally part of a sketchbook made by van Valckenborch during an extended journey along the Danube and through the Alps in 1588-9. Other pages from the sketchbook are housed in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, the Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, and the British Museum, London.
The town of Melk is located in north central Austria on the Danube River. The drawing was probably originally part of a sketchbook made by van Valckenborch during an extended journey along the Danube and through the Alps in 1588-9. Other pages from the sketchbook are housed in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, the Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, and the British Museum, London.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the verso, at lower center, in graphite, "Lukas van Valkenborsch / 1540-Mechelen - 1625"; at lower left corner, in graphite, "...- Albertina, Wien / Brueghel - Tentoon...1934".
Associated names
Gevers, Hendrik, 1715-1761, former owner.
Habsburg, Frederick, 1856-1936, former owner.
Habsburg, Frederick, 1856-1936, former owner.
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