A Covered Wagon Traversing a Road Between Two Inns
Drawing
1580 (hand drawn)
1580 (hand drawn)
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Road through a village, a wagon toiling up a hill, followed by a horseman. A hostelry which is built on tall supports appears beyond them on the right; Pen, washed, and bistre, slightly tinted; Signed and dated 1580.
Object details
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| Title | A Covered Wagon Traversing a Road Between Two Inns (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'A Covered Wagon Traversing a Road Between Two Inns', by Hans Bol, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over traces of black chalk, signed and dated 1580 |
| Physical description | Road through a village, a wagon toiling up a hill, followed by a horseman. A hostelry which is built on tall supports appears beyond them on the right; Pen, washed, and bistre, slightly tinted; Signed and dated 1580. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated at bottom, in brown ink, HB(in ligature)ol / 1580; and inscribed at lower right, in another hand, also in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 501. |
| Gallery label | Although the village setting appears realistic, Bol put this scene together from different drawings he had made from life. The artist was known for reusing architectural features and the buildings in this drawing appear in several other compositions. These types of highly finished drawings with strong contours were often used as designs for prints. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
| Object history | Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | DYCE.501 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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