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Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)

A house surrounded by water c.1620

Pen and brown ink with watercolour | 11.8 x 14.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906511

A house surrounded by water

Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)

A house surrounded by water c.1620

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Description

A drawing of a steeply-roofed house, built in three parts with pinnacled gables, seen from the side, with a walled garden on the right; two men in a boat approach from the right

Provenance

First recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 118: '7. More in the same stile of drawing [as 42 by Avercamp previously listed], of Landscapes and Sea Pieces')
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and brown ink with watercolour

pen and brown ink, watercolour

drawing

Measurements

11.8 x 14.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Domestic architecture
Houses
References

Other number(s)

RL 6511

W&C : White, C. & Crawley, C., 1994. The Dutch and Flemish Drawings at Windsor Castle, Cambridge – W&C 284

P(D) : van Puyvelde, L., 1944. The Dutch Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, London – P(D) 60

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