1.2018.81: Portrait of a Woman as a Shepherdess

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1.2018.81

People

Willem de Heer, Dutch (Amsterdam c. 1638 - before 1681 Amsterdam)

Title

Portrait of a Woman as a Shepherdess

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Shepherdess with Floral Garland in a Landscape

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/180529

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment

Dimensions

36.3 x 27.5 cm (14 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center, brown ink: W de Heer

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Christie's, Amsterdam, November 9, 1998, lot 114]. Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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

1.2018.81

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• William W. Robinson, Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), pp. 222-223, cat. no. 98b, repr. p. 223

Exhibition History

• Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, British Museum, London, 06/13/2002 - 09/22/2002; Institut Néerlandais, Paris, 10/10/2002 - 12/08/2002; Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/22/2003 - 07/06/2003

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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