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Two Pairs of Peasants Standing Outside Ruins

Drawing
17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two men stand on the left, one gesturing towards the entrance (up a small flight of steps) to a complex of ruins; a peasant cottage with a red tile roof has been incorporated into the fabric of the ruins. On the right side of the composition two further figures are silhouetted against a view of a distant hillside.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleTwo Pairs of Peasants Standing Outside Ruins (published title)
Materials and techniques
Black chalk, with some corrections in opaque white and with later addition of watercolour washes; framing line in black chalk.
Brief description
Drawing, 'Two Pairs of Peasants Standing Outside Ruins', by Esaias van de Velde, Dutch School, 17th century
Physical description
Two men stand on the left, one gesturing towards the entrance (up a small flight of steps) to a complex of ruins; a peasant cottage with a red tile roof has been incorporated into the fabric of the ruins. On the right side of the composition two further figures are silhouetted against a view of a distant hillside.
Dimensions
  • Sight height: 126mm
  • Sight width: 170mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in brown ink: at lower left, with false monogram, VG (in ligature)
  • at lower right (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 415; and below this, with false signature (now abraded), I. V. Goyent. f. (?).
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Thomas Dimsdale (1758–1823), London; William Esdaile (1758–1837), London, his sale, London, Christie’s, 18–25 June 1840, one of two in lot 915: ‘J. van Goyen. Ruined buildings, in colours; and a sketch, in pen’ (with lot 916 to ‘Sheath’ for £0. 4s. 0d.); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. I, Cat. 210, illus. p.250.
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.415

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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