Attributed to Frederik van Valkenborch

Watermark: Circle with a cross on a trefoil within a quatrefoil.
The town of Melk is located in north central Austria on the Danube River. The drawing was probably originally part of a sketchbook made by van Valckenborch during an extended journey along the Danube and through the Alps in 1588-9. Other pages from the sketchbook are housed in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, the Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, and the British Museum, London.