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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.148
People
Jan Baptist Weenix, Dutch (1621 - 1660/61)
Title
Roman Ruins in a Wooded Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293650

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk and red chalk wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
17.6 x 24.1 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink [probably same as framing line]: d Oude Wenings
  • watermark: initials "C", similar to Heawood no. 2892 [Arms of Lothringen]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, red chalk [perhaps signature?]: J. W.
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 1043
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 2799a (Hans van Leeuwen)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[C. G. Boerner GMBH, Dusseldorf, 1957. inv. no. A698], sold; to Hans van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (L. 2799a, with his mark); [Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 November 1992, lot 227], sold; [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Fund
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.148
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David P. Becker, Old Master Drawings at Bowdoin College, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME, 1985), under no. 27

Exhibition History

  • Collectie H. van Leeuwen te Amsterdam: Tekeningen van 17e - 19e eeuw, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, 06/22/1958 - 09/21/1958
  • Catalogus der tentoonstelling van tekeningen uit de collectie van de heer van Leeuwen te Amsterdam, Genootschap Kunstliefde, Utrecht, 12/19/1959 - 01/03/1960
  • Nederlandse Tekeningen: Collectie Hans van Leeuwen, Singer Museum, Laren, 10/26/1963 - 12/08/1963
  • Tekeningen uit de collectie Hans van Leeuwen, Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, 02/05/1966 - 03/08/1966
  • Niederlandische Zeichnungen des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung Hans van Leeuwen, Utrecht, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, 09/27/1968 - 11/10/1968; Städtische Kunstgalerie Bochum, Bochum, 11/29/1968 - 01/05/1969
  • De Verzameling van H. van Leeuwen, Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 11/08/1975 - 02/01/1976
  • Nederlandse Tekeningen uit drie Eeuwen, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, 04/29/1978 - 06/25/1978
  • Meisterzeichnungen aus drei Jahrhunderten, Niederländische Handzeichnungen des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung Hans van Leeuwen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, 10/14/1979 - 12/02/1979; Städtisches Museum, Braunschweig, 01/10/1980 - 02/10/1980; Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 10/23/1980 - 12/06/1980

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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