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A ruined, overgrown building several storeys high

Drawing
late 16th - early 17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Study of ruins, a structure of several storeys; Drawn with sepia and a reed pen; Signed P. B.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA ruined, overgrown building several storeys high (published title)
Materials and techniques
Reed pen and brown ink. Inscribed in brown ink: at centre left (at base of ruins),<i> P Bril</i>; and at lower right (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), <i>508</i>. Inscribed on plain Dyce mount, in pencil: at lower right, by Dyce, <i>P. Bril</i>; and to the right of this, in a nineteenth-century hand (with Dyce’s original inv. no.), <i>141</i>.
Brief description
Drawing, 'Study of ruins, a structure of several storeys' attributed to Hendrick Goudt, Flemish School, reed pen and brown ink, inscribed in brown ink, late 16th - early 17th century
Physical description
Study of ruins, a structure of several storeys; Drawn with sepia and a reed pen; Signed P. B.
Dimensions
  • Height: 189mm
  • Width: 170mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Provenance: Prosper Henry Lankrink (1628–92), London (L. 2090); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869. inv. no.: Dyce.508.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. I, cat.73, pp.121-22
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.508

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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