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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.131
People
Pieter Jansz. Quast, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1605/6 - 1647 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Gypsies
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1644
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184158

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk , graphite, and gray wash on parchment
Dimensions
20.6 x 30.9 cm (8 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: center, black chalk: Pieter Quast 1644
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: P. Quast
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 824 / Lebg
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 59 [encircled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, June 9, 1975, lot 78], sold; to 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
1.2018.131
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Drawn to Daily Life: Dutch Genre Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 03/08/2014 - 09/06/2014

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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