Frozen River to Left of a Square Tower, early 17th century

  • Esaias van de Velde, Dutch, 1587-1630

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 4 1/2 × 7 inches (11.4 × 17.8 cm) Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (12.1 × 18.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1178

Stamped twice, in blue, verso: Kunsthalle, Hamburg (Lugt 1328 and 686) Stamped, verso: Scripps 1886 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, in plate, lower right corner of image: 5

Kunsthalle (Hamburg, Germany)

August 1886, (Wunderlich and Co., New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Baroque Prints: Innovation and Exploration. Exh. cat., Calvin College Center Art Gallery. Grand Rapids, 1983, no. 88. From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 2020, p. 13.

Esaias van de Velde, Frozen River to Left of a Square Tower, early 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1178.