The River IJ and Seascapes

Artist Ludolf Bakhuizen (Dutch, 1630-1708)

CultureDutch

Date1701

MediumEtchings on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (17.1 x 24.1 cm)

InscribedAll ten etchings are variously signed, monogrammed, and dated 1701, and all carry inscriptions in their lower left corners identifying Bakhuizen as both the designer of the series and its etcher.

Credit LinePurchase, with funds provided from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Art Purchase Fund

Object number2001.34.1

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a set of ten marine related etchings with the title plate.

ProvenanceAlbert van Loock collection, Brussels, before 1983; Private collection, New York, 1983-2001; Jeffrey Wortman, New York, New York, 2001; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, with funds provided from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Art Purchase Fund, 2001. Published ReferencesIrene de Groot and Robert Vorstman, _Marine Prints of the Dutch Masters_ London. 1980, 109-115. Clifford S. Ackley, _Printmaking in the age of Rembrandt_, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma., 1981, 295-297.