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Valentin Klotz
1643-1712
View of a Fort
1672
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper.
3 7/16 x 5 13/16 inches (87 x 148 mm)
Bequest of Charles Ryskamp.
2010.163
Inscription:
Inscribed and dated by the artist at upper right, "a[e]n d'Kruijsdyck den 27.sbr 1672" (the 7 subsequently altered to a 3); inscribed at upper left, partially cut off, "44"; on verso, at upper left, in pencil, "F25"; at center, "15".
Provenance:
Sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 18 November 1985, no. 88, repr. p. 104; Charles Ryskamp.
Bibliography:
William Griswold et. al., The World Observed: Five Centuries of Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp. New York, 2001, no. 23.
Associated names:
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
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