Study for a Statue in "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.67
People: Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch (Kralinger-Ambacht 1659 - 1722 Rotterdam)
Title: Study for a Statue in "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife"
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Female Standing Study Figure
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1716-1722
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/194451

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, squared in graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

18.8 x 8.3 cm (7 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, center, graphite: 1195 [underlined]
inscription: former mount, lower left, graphite: De Ridder Van der Werff
inscription: former mount, on fragmentary label, black ink: 6Q [?]
watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Private Collector, Bordeaux, France. [Michel-Witold Gierzod, Paris], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Eric Greenleaf and the B. Walter & Geraldine Sterenfeld Foundation
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: 1999.67
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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