Landscape with Classical Buildings

Artist Israel Silvestre (French, 1621 - 1691)

Date17th century

MediumRed chalk and black ink on paper

DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (7.3 × 15.56 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Milton McGreevy

Object number81-30/78

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 7-April 4, 1965, no. 27, as Landscape with Classical Buildings.

Provenance

William Esdaile (1758-1837), London, by 1837;

Winslow Ames (1907-1990), Saunderstown, RI, by September 4-November 6, 1951;

Purchased from Winslow Ames, through Durlacher Brothers, New York, stock no. Ames30, by Milton McGreevy (1903-1980), Shawnee Mission, KS, November 6, 1951-1980 [1];

His bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.

NOTES:

[1] Getty Research Library, Los Angeles, Durlacher Brothers Records, Box 14, Ledger 1937-1966.

Published References

“Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy,” Bulletin (The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum) vol. 6, no. 4 (March 7-April 4, 1965): 20, as Landscape with Classical Buildings.

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