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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.608
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292474

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and brown wash over black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk, mounted at top corners
Dimensions
20.9 x 27.9 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.)
mount: 30.9 x 40.4 cm (12 3/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower center, purple stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 480. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: secondary mount, lower left, graphite: Less like Pillement (but so in cat) / than B. Breenberg. 17-18 cent. / (Dr. R's remarks on mount, rubbed out.
  • inscription: mount, lower left, under drawing, brown ink: A
  • inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: 591 [encircled and crossed out]
  • label: mount, lower right, gold ettiquette with brown ink: [in gold typeface] no. [brown ink] 6
  • inscription: mount, lower left, graphite, erased: [illegible]
  • inscription: mat, upper left, graphite: Fine [underlined, upside down]
  • inscription: mat, lower left, graphite: 480.
  • inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 591 [crossed out]
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: mat, lower left, graphite: Looks / more Netherland. / than French. / It.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.608
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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