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View of Delft after the Explosion of the Gunpowder Arsenal on October 12, 1654
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View of Delft after the Explosion of the Gunpowder Arsenal on October 12, 1654

Medium

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on two sheets of paper

Tags

Dimensions

sheet: 9 13/16 x 29 1/2 in. (24.9 x 74.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney, by exchange, and The Mnuchin Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey and Werner H. Kramarsky Gifts, 1995

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Herman Saftleven II

1609–1685Dutch Republic

Herman Saftleven the Younger was the son of Herman Saftleven, and was actually the second Herman, not Herman III as he is sometimes referred to. Comment on works: Landscapes; Views.