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Travelers in a mountainous landscape
Herman Saftleven (Dutch, 1609–1685)
mid 17th–late 17th century
Medium/Technique
Black chalk and brown wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.7 × 27.3 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Mount: 27 × 36.5 cm (10 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
Mount: 27 × 36.5 cm (10 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Stone and Lesley Hill in honor of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession Number2016.826
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Marks
Stamp on verso
ProvenancePossibly "M.N.", The Hague; February 21, 1939, "M.N" sale (Dessins Anciens, Eaux-fortes et gravures, 15e au 18e Siècles), Bernard Houthakker and F. W. H. Hollstein, Amsterdam, lot 63; Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (b. 1884 – d. 1963; Lugt 1272); by descent to Houthakker's heirs; November 17–18, 1975, sold by order of the executors of Houthakker's estate, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam (The Collection of Old Master Drawings of the Late Bernard Houthakker; sale 253), lot 171; December 9, 2010, anonymous sale, Christie’s, South Kensington (sale 5472), lot 1113, to Hill-Stone, Inc. (dealer), South Dartmouth, MA; 2016, year-end gift of Hill-Stone, Inc., to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 2017)