1969.114: Rhine Landscape with a Castle on a Hill and to the Right a River
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1969.114
- People
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Herman Saftleven, Dutch (Rotterdam, Netherlands 1609 - 1685 Utrecht, Netherlands)
- Title
- Rhine Landscape with a Castle on a Hill and to the Right a River
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/296220
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black chalk, graphite, and brown and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in ink or black chalk
- Dimensions
- 33.4 x 44.8 cm (13 1/8 x 17 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: W W.wi. / Sachtleven
- watermark: Strasbourg Lily
- inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 455 [twice, one on the support, and again just below on an adhesive strip]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Austin A. Mitchell, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin A. Mitchell
- Accession Year
- 1969
- Object Number
- 1969.114
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Konrad Oberhuber, European Master Drawings of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, 1979), cat. no. 54, n.p., repr. pl. 54
Exhibition History
- European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
Subjects and Contexts
- Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings
Verification Level
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