Winter Night in a Dutch Town

Inscription: VERSO, signed(?), lower left, in brown ink: J. Cats inv et fec / 1797 ; lower left, in brown ink: 3 [upside down] ; upper left, in red pencil: 314 / T. H. ; lower left, in graphite: Coll. ten Cate Nr. 195 / [75?].116 ; lower left, in graphite: 17 [erased] ; lower right, in graphite: Biz. [under remnants of brown paper label, with typed notation "Biz."] 134. ; lower right, media not discernible (under paper label): [illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: A096 [beneath remnant of brown paper label] ; lower right, in graphite: [illegible] ; lower right, in graphite(?): 41 ; FRAGMENT OF OLD MOUNT(now removed), in graphite: J. Cats drawing ; Coll. ten Cate no. 195
Medium: watercolor heightened with white gouache; framing lines in brown wash
Dimensions: Sheet: 30.9 x 47.5 cm (12 3/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen, Delia E. Holden, and L. E. Holden Funds
Accesion Number: 1965.76
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