Specifications
| Title | The Vision of an Ancient Philosopher, Possibly Empedocles |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and brown ink, framing lines with the pen in brown ink, indented for transfer |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 168 mm Width 226 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Jacques de Gheyn (II)
|
| Accession number | MB 1712 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1871 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1871 |
| Creation date | in circa 1605-1610 |
| Signature | none |
| Mark | Museum Boymans Rotterdam (L.288) |
| Provenance | (?) Willem Philips Kops (1755-1805), Haarlem, his (†) sale, Amsterdam (Van der Schley et al.), 14 March 1808, Album C, no. 11 (Jacques de Gheyn), fl. 3, to Roos [copy RKD] for Jolles [Van Regteren Altena 1983, no. 133]; sale (‘Un Amateur’), Amsterdam (Roos et al.), 5-6 March 1861, no. 89, fl. 1,- to Roos; Diederik Vis Blokhuyzen (1799-1869), Rotterdam, his sale, Rotterdam (Lamme), 23 October 1871, no. 117 (P. Bril, ‘Un saint. A la plume’), fl. 8, to Lamme [copy RKD] for the museum |
| Exhibitions | Rotterdam 1952, no. 30 (as Jacques de Gheyn, Homme assis dans un paysage) |
| Research |
Show research Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Indenting
> Indented
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Indenting
> Indented
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
|
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
fig. 1 Jacques de Gheyn (II). Vision of Ezekiel, 1613. London, Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. no. DYCE.503[/caption]