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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.60
People
Attributed to Willem Cornelisz. Duyster, Dutch (Amsterdam 1599 - 1635)
Title
Seated Boy with Crossed Legs, head tilted; verso: sketch of skeleton
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77479

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on gray prepared paper; verso: black chalk
Dimensions
25.4 x 20.9 cm (10 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Hand of George Abrams, former mat, mounted to current mat, blue ink: WILLEM CORNELISZ DUYSTER / b. AMSTERDAM 1599, d. AMSTERDAM 1635
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink stamp: [abraded letters in a circle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold [possibly through Houthakker]; to Maida and George Abrams, circa 1983

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
1.2018.60
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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