An Inhabited Ruin on the Bank of a River
ca. 1630–40
Medium
Pen and two shades of brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink, possibly by the artist
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 7/8 in. (19 × 30.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Fletcher Fund and Annette de la Renta and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2014
Accession Number
2014.590
Tags
About the Artist
Jan van de Velde II · 1593–1641
Jan van de Velde II (1593–1641) was one of the most accomplished Dutch printmakers and draughtsmen of the early seventeenth century, born in Haarlem into a dynasty of celebrated calligraphers and artists. His father, Jan van de Velde I, was a renowned writing master, and his cousin Willem van de Velde the Elder would later become a distinguished marine painter. Jan II studied engraving under Jacob...