Fishermen Drying Nets on Scheveningen Beach

Provenance

George Edward Habich (died 1901), Boston and Cassel, Germany; sold, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, April 27–29, 1899, lot 721 [Perlove and George S. Keyes 2014].  London, P&D Colnaghi, by 1959 [London 1959 exh. Cat.]. Sold by the Paul Drey Gallery to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1960.

Fishermen Drying Nets on Scheveningen Beach

Simon de Vlieger

early 1630s

Accession Number

11514

Medium

Black and white chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

Dimensions

Primary support: 28.5 × 44.4 cm (11 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 32.9 × 48 cm (13 × 18 15/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Alsdorf Miscellaneous Funds