About the Artwork
Travelers on Horseback
17th century
Jan van Aken
1614-1661
Dutch
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 7 1/8 × 10 inches (18.1 × 25.4 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S7
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, top left edge: P. Pot. Inscribed, verso: [notations]
Watermark, obscured by image, center of sheet Scripps stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date, 1895, added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
1895, F. Meyer, Dresden. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jan van Aken, Travelers on Horseback, 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S7.
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