1999.151: Military Scene with Trumpeter

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.151

People

Aarnout Ter Himpel, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1634 - 1686 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Title

Military Scene with Trumpeter

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/188633

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in black ink over brown ink, a pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper

Dimensions

diam.: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Lower left, black ink: ATH. [in ligature]
• collector's mark: mount, verso, black ink, stamp: L. 1450 (Jacob de Vos)
• inscription: mount, verso, lower left, graphite: 240

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon, Amsterdam (L. 1450, mount, verso), his sale; [C.F. Roos & C. F. Roos, Jr., Frederik Muller & Co, Van Pappelendam & Schouten et C. M. Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 22-24 May 1883, lot 240 (one of two)], sold; to Pieter Langerhuizen, Bussum, the Netherlands (L. 2095, without his mark), his sale; [Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 29 April 1919, lot 385 (one of two)]; to [Frederik Muller.] Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.151.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Accession Year

1999

Object Number

1999.151

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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