1934.197: A Bridge Scene in Holland
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1934.197
- People
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Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch (The Hague, The Netherlands 1824 - 1903 The Hague, The Netherlands)
- Title
- A Bridge Scene in Holland
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1850-1895
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/298268
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor, gouache and touches of black colored pencil on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- sight: 26.2 x 19.7 cm (10 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: l.l. corner, brown watercolor: JH Weissenbruch f
- inscription: verso, l.r., graphite? [still thin backing paper over it]: 1 (circled)
- inscription: on frame, l.l, in graphite (?): C 6799 [Doll & Richards number from the label]
- inscription: on frame, center left, graphite: gold no 29 [?] [Frame for 1934.204 has the same word]
- label: formerly back of frame (now in file), inscribed in graphite with the stock number: DOLL & RICHARDS / Fine Art Dealers, / 2 PARK STREET, / BOSTON. [printed] / C 6799 [inscribed]
- label: formerly back of frame (now in file), tan (discolored) label with decorative black border, in Bartlett sisters' hand (cf. correspondence in HUAM archives), brown ink: For The Boston / Museum of Fine Arts / from / Mary F. + Fannie Bartlett / 'A Bridge Seen (or Scene?) in Holland' / H Weissenbruch. [Four other works in our collection (from the Bartletts) have the same black-bordered label with inscription in the same handwriting: Blommers (1934.204), Israëls (1934.201, Mauve (1934.198), and Mesdag (1934.203). The label is probably related to an exhibition at the MFA in 1895. See In-house Notes.]
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inscription: formerly back of frame (now in file), in unknown handwriting: Mary F. Bartlett / 227 Commonwelt (sic) Avenue
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label: formerly back of frame (now in file), label darkened to brown (partly torn, printed and typed.: WEISSENBRUCH, Hendrik J. / Subject BRIDGE SCENE IN HOLLAND / o[?] / [Be]quest [obscured] Coll.
[Same type of label as 1934.204. Parts have been torn off, so the heading "Boston Museum of Fine Arts" is not visible.] - inscription: on frame, l.l. edge, in graphite (?): C6799-2[?]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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[Doll & Richards, Boston]. Mary F. and Fannie Bartlett, Boston, by 1895, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Mary F. and Fannie Bartlett Collection
- Accession Year
- 1934
- Object Number
- 1934.197
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 17
Exhibition History
- New Acquisitions, Print Department, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 05/21/1895 - 11/01/1895
- Dutch Water Colors of the 19th Century, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/1935 - 03/31/1935
- The Harvest of 1830: the Barbizon Legacy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/1990 - 10/21/1990
Subjects and Contexts
- Collection Highlights
Verification Level
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