Object number2005.15

A Monk Reading in a Ruined Cloister

DateNd

Artist Gerrit Battem (Dutch, c. 1636–1684)

CultureDutch

MediumPen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, on paper

DimensionsSheet: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (19.05 x 26.04 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Friends of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Fund, in honor of Susan Donahue Kuretsky, class of 1963

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

InscribedVerso

ProvenanceE.R. Lamponi-Leonardi, Lugt 1760: Anton Schmid (Lugt 2330b)

Vassar Exhibitions

Master Class: Northern European Art 1500-1700 from the Permanent Collection

Exhibition HistoryBaltimore Museum of Art, Old Master Drawings from a Private Collection, 1986 (as Jacques D’Arthois)

Poughkeepsie, NY, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Master Class: Northern European Art 1500-1700 from the Permanent Collection," April 27-September 2, 2018.

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