Het klooster van Hoboken
H. van Wel
1600 - 1699
Medium
pen
Dimensions
185; 300
About this artwork
pen in bruin, potlood, inkt
Art Historical Context
**Het klooster van Hoboken is a delicate 17th-century drawing the lesser-known artist H. van, created sometime between 1600 and 1699. This work captures the architectural essence of the Monastery of Hoboken, a site near Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). At 185 mm high by 300 mm wide, its modest scale suggests it may have been a preparatory study or personal sketch, reflecting the era's growing fascination with precise topographical views amid the Dutch Golden Age's artistic boom. Executed in brown ink (pen in bruin) with pencil underdrawing and additional ink touches, t...