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Craggy Portal in Wild Region
Attributed to: Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen (Dutch, 1580–1643)
Formerly attributed to: Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630)
Formerly attributed to: Esaias van de Velde (Dutch, 1587–1630)
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
5.88 x 9.18 cm (2 5/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number1993.194
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Burchard 33
DescriptionFrom the series of 16 Small Landscapes (Burchard (1912), p. 156, nos. 18-33). This series was first published by Visscher and later by G.V. Schaghen. The entire series was traditionally attributed to Esaias van de Velde, but George Keyes removed Burchard 25-33 from Esaias's oeuvre. Keyes attributed Burchard 32 and 33 to the same hand and suggested Van Wieringen and Cornelis Bol as possible candidates. Cliff Ackley found Van Wieringen the more convincing attribution when the MFA acquired this etching in 1993.
InscriptionsIn plate LR: 16
Later inscriptions or marks: Verso UL in graphite pencil: Bur. 33 -
Verso LR in graphite pencil: ZE5044 [first two characters somewhat illegible]
Verso LL: stamp of Dutch Royal Library (Lugt 240) in red ink
Verso LC: stamp of the Rijksprentenkabinett (Lugt 2228) in red ink
Verso LL: duplicate stamp of the Rijksprentenkabinett (Lugt 700)
Verso LR: stamp of Richard H. Zinser (not in Lugt, in the form of a stone tower)
Later inscriptions or marks: Verso UL in graphite pencil: Bur. 33 -
Verso LR in graphite pencil: ZE5044 [first two characters somewhat illegible]
Verso LL: stamp of Dutch Royal Library (Lugt 240) in red ink
Verso LC: stamp of the Rijksprentenkabinett (Lugt 2228) in red ink
Verso LL: duplicate stamp of the Rijksprentenkabinett (Lugt 700)
Verso LR: stamp of Richard H. Zinser (not in Lugt, in the form of a stone tower)
ProvenanceProbably Pieter Cornelis, the Baron van Leyden (1717-1788); probably acquired 1808 by the Dutch Royal Library, the Hague (Lugt 240); transferred 1816 to the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam (Lugt 2228); sold between 1903 and 1912 under the direction of E. W. Moes; Richard H. Zinser (about 1883-1983, Forest Hills, NY) stamp in black ink (not in Lugt); C. G. Boerner, Inc., New York, from whom purchased 1993.