M24987: Bust of a Woman with a Cap

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M24987

People

Johannes Visscher, Dutch (Haarlem or Amsterdam 1636 - after 1692)
After Cornelis Visscher, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1628/29 - 1658 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Bust of a Woman with a Cap

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/175118

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 13 x 12.7 cm (5 1/8 x 5 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: numerous dealer's and collector's inscriptions:
  
  161
  3
  Dut 129a
  W.
  c.12444
  g/635.
  Basan 27.
  Corn. Vissher in + fec rare / Saniere [?]
  N18364
  
• inscription: verso, brown ink, handwritten: collector's signature: P. mariette 1670
• watermark: paper: fragment of a Strassburg lily

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Pierre Mariette, (1790). dated 1670
Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, (2200), Collector.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

[i/ii]

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 147; Wessely; LeBlanc 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Mariot Fraser Solomon

Accession Year

2001

Object Number

M24987

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001

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