Specifications
| Title | The Tower of Babel |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and brown ink, red and brown wash |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 162 mm Width 220 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Anoniem
Previously attributed: Hendrick van Cleve (III) |
| Accession number | N 158 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1600 |
| Signature | none |
| Watermark | none (vH, 7P, wide) |
| Inscriptions | '2' [with a hook at the left] (top right corner, in pen and brown ink) |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Mark | F.W. Koenigs (L.1023a) |
| Provenance | Jan Pietersz. Zoomer (1641-1724), Amsterdam [Lütjens]; Franz W. Koenigs (1881-1941), Haarlem; on loan to the museum, 1935-1940; purchased with the Koenigs collection by D.G. van Beuningen (1871-1955), Rotterdam and presented to the Stichting Museum Boymans, 1940; on loan to the museum since 1940 |
| Exhibitions | Lemgo/Antwerp 2002, nr. 189; Brussels/Beijing 2007, nr. 58 (Hendrick van Cleve) |
| Research |
Show research Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries |
| Literature | Minkowski 1960, p. 66, nr. 206 (anonymous); Weiner 1985, p. 112, n. 1; Minkowski 1991, P. 195, nr. 288; Borggrefe in Lemgo/Antwerp 2002, p. 29, n. 108 & p. 352, nr. 189 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Brown wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |