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The Ruins of Castle Merxem, near Antwerp

The Ruins of Castle Merxem, near Antwerp

Object type Drawing
Genre Ruins
Date 1610
Dimensions 16.5 x 31.2 cm
Support Paper
Medium Pen and brown ink with pink, blue, gray, and yellow washes
Support marks Collector's marks: (Verso, LL) K.E. von Kiphart (L. 1687), (Verso, UL) R. von Liphart (L. 1758)
Further inscription UR: "Kastel van straelen bij Antwerp 1610"; "P. Breugel" in pen and ink (probably the hand writing of Jan Pietersz. Zomer, 1641-1724); Verso, "N233"; Verso, UL: "P. Zaenredam...(crossed out) nein da dieser war 1597 geboren.../ P Breughel bezeichnet, aber wohl unsicher/ Gruyter B 12th"
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Bailey/Walker cat. #NY.MM.2
Location New York, NY, United States
Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession numbers 2001.638
Tags Castle, Ruins
External resources Metropolitan Museum of Art
Boerner 1899, nr. 93 (as Pieter Breughel)
Becker 1922, nr. 8, ill.
Adler 1980, p. 53, 248, 249, fig. 226, p. 89, note 279, ill.
Adler 1982, nr. 17, ill.
New York 2002, nr. 16, ill.
Bambach et al. 2002, p. 16, ill.
New York/Edinburgh 2009, p. 101, fig. 40
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," November 5, 2001–January 28, 2002
New York 2002, nr. 16
17th century Amsterdam (Probably) Jan Pietersz Zomer
19th century Dorpat, Bonn, Florence Baron Carl Eduard von Liphart (Lugt 1687-1689)
Second half of 19th century Ratshof By descent to grandson, Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart (Lugt 1758)
Jun 27 1899 Leipzig His sale, C. G. Boerner, Sale #64, Lot #93 (as by P. Bruegel, 1600)
Leipzig Consul Bernhard Limburger
Thence by descent
Sale, Artemis Fine Arts SA
2001 Bought by Metropolitan Museum with anonymouse gift, in memory of Frits Markus, Louis V. Bell and Harry G. Sperling Funds