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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.13
People
Nicolaes Berchem the Elder, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1620 - 1683 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Italianate Sketch: Two Shepherdesses in Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/178608

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, inlaid to decorative mount
Dimensions
15.7 x 20.2 cm (6 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: lower center: fragment of Arms of Amsterdam
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: Berghem
  • inscription: recto, lower left, brown ink: Berchem
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink: [lion with sword] [Lugt 2799, mark of William Mayor]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, brown ink: 5 jhle [the last letter changed, in graphite, to o]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799). Carl Robert Rudolf, London (?). John Baskett, London. [R. M. Light, Boston], sold, to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1970

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
1.2018.13
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, ed., Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1972), cat. 4, pp. 22-23, repr. p. 33

Exhibition History

  • Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 10/31/1972 - 02/25/1973

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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