Adrian Van-Diest [art original]

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Title: Adrian Van-Diest [art original]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Contributor: Diest, Adriaen van, 1655-1704, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of Adriaen van Diest (1655-1704), born in The Hague, immigrated to England when he was 17 and remained there, active as a landscape painter of views of England in the western parts landscapes, chiefly in the Italian manner
Description: Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, opp. p. 129.
Title from item.
Signed in ink, lower right: ob. 1704 Aeta '49. G.V.
Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower right below monogram: poss. Mr. Dahl pict.
Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower left: se ipse pinx.
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii.122. Purchased by Wilmarth S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 15.5 x 12.8 cm, on sheet 19 x 13.5 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: ink and wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Diest, Adriaen van, 1655-1704,
Subject (Topic): Artists
Dutch
Subjects: Diest, Adriaen van, 1655-1704
Artists > Dutch
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Vertue, Adrian Van-Diest. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.