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1938

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2015

2025

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Drawing, Landscape with Ruins

This is a Drawing. It was created by Herman van Swanefeld. It is dated ca. 1625–1650 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, brush and wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

9.5 × 6.3 cm (3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Landscape with Ruins; Herman van Swanefeld (Dutch, ca. 1600 - 1665); Netherlands; black chalk, pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, brush and wash on paper; 9.5 × 6.3 cm (3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-925

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