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Country Fair

A work made of black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1653

Artist:

Jan van Goyen
Dutch, 1596-1656

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jan van Goyen

Title

Country Fair

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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1653

Medium

Black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, recto, lower right, in black chalk: "VG 1633"; inscribed, verso, lower left, in graphite: "F wu"; "V. Goyen/361"

Dimensions

11.6 × 20.4 cm (4 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Everett D. Graff

Reference Number

1965.253

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