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Castle of Merksem of the Van Straelen Family

Casteel Merxem van Straelen

Jan Brueghel the Elder

In a museum

The drawing

Architectural study of the moated castle at Merksem near Antwerp, showing its tower, adjoining buildings, bridge and waterways. The sheet bears an old inscription identifying the site.

Becker, 1922

As Felix Becker published it in 1922.

Attribution: Jan Brueghel the Elder
Title as printed: Casteel Merxem van Straelen
Title in English: Castle of Merksem of the Van Straelen Family
Medium and size: Pen with yellow and blue washes, 16.5 × 31 cm
Inscription: Inscribed “Casteel Merxem van Straelen” and dated 1610

Today

Modern cataloguing and the drawing’s whereabouts, as far as they are known.

Status: In a museum
Where is it now?: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001.638, catalogued as “The Ruins of Castle Merxem, near Antwerp,” c. 1600–1610.
Attribution today: Jan Brueghel the Elder
Title today: The Ruins of Castle Merxem, near Antwerp
Date: c. 1600–1610 (the “1610” is by a later hand)

The sheet in this copy

Full sheet, this copy — plate 8 — Full sheet, this copy

Printed caption, this copy — plate 8 — Printed caption, this copy

Sources

Felix Becker, Handzeichnungen alter Meister in Privatsammlungen (Leipzig, 1922), plate 8.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art — official collection recordhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/347299