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The Wheat Field

(Dutch, 1628 or 1629–1682)
1648
Medium/TechniqueEtching and drypoint
DimensionsSheet: 10.6 x 15.5 cm (4 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 10.4 x 15.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Kathleen and Martin Feldstein and Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number2005.340
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate in lower right of image: J v Ruisdael 1648
ProvenanceFranz Rechberger 1800 (Vienna, curator of the cabinet of Count Moriz von Fries and of the Albertina, Lugt 2133); John Postle Heseltine (1843-1929, London, Lugt 1507); John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913, New York) [per Zinser note]; Richard H. Zinser (about 1883-1983, Forest Hills); his heirs, from whom purchased through Robert Light (Santa Barbara, CA) by MFA, 22 June 2005.