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The Wheat Field
Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628 or 1629–1682)
1648
Medium/Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 10.6 x 15.5 cm (4 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 10.4 x 15.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 in.)
Platemark: 10.4 x 15.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Kathleen and Martin Feldstein and Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2005.340
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 05; Hollstein 05, ii/v
Marks
Verso lower left in pen and brown ink -- signed F Rechberger 1800 (Lugt 2133)
Verso lower left stamped in red -- mark of John Postle Heseltine (Lugt 1507)
Verso lower left stamped in red -- mark of John Postle Heseltine (Lugt 1507)
InscriptionsIn plate in lower right of image: J v Ruisdael 1648
ProvenanceFranz Rechberger 1800 (Vienna, curator of the cabinet of Count Moriz von Fries and of the Albertina, Lugt 2133); John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929, London, Lugt 1507); John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913, New York) [per Zinser note]; Richard H. Zinser (about 1883-1983, Forest Hills); his heirs, from whom purchased through Robert Light (Santa Barbara, CA) by MFA, 22 June 2005.