Tree Fallen Over a Path with Two Men Conversing

1626

Esaias van de Velde Dutch, 1587-1630

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Title Tree Fallen Over a Path with Two Men Conversing

Artwork Date 1626

Artist Esaias van de Velde

Life Dates 1587-1630

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Dutch

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Graphite and black crayon on off-white laid paper with a pen-and-brown ink border

Dimensions Sheet: 7 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (19.1 × 22.2 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 46.175

Markings

Signed Signed and dated, in black chalk, lower center: E. V. VELDE. 1626 [faded, barely legible, and partially cut off]

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower left: E v. d. Velde Inscribed, verso, center left: a [with small raised u, underlined] Inscribed, verso, lower left corner: 00010

Provenance

April 5, 1906, M. H. M. Montauban van Swyndregt du cercle "Pictura" of Groningen, dealer, R. W. P. de Vries (Amsterdam, Netherlands) sale, lot 209

December 14, 1911, M. O. Brenner of Berlin and Others, dealer: R. W. P. de Vries (Amsterdam, Netherlands) auction, lot 1500, sold to R. W. P. de Vries.

December 2, 1913, V. van Gogh and Others, dealer, R. W. P de Vries (Amsterdam, Netherlands) sale, lot 809, possibly sold to de vries again

1924, catalouge, Gallery R. W. P. de Vries (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA (1947): p. 45.

Keyes, George S. Esaias van den Velde. 1587-1630. Vol. 4 of Monographs on Dutch and Flemish Paintings. Doornspijk, 1984, no. DI57 (p.l 169A).

Logan, A.M. Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors. New York, 1988, pp. 66-67, no. 24 (ill.).

From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 2020, p. 9.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Esaias van de Velde, Tree Fallen Over a Path with Two Men Conversing, 1626, graphite and black crayon on off-white laid paper with a pen-and-brown ink border. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman, 46.175.