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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.158
People
Dirck van der Lisse, Dutch (Breda, Belgium died 1669 The Hague, Netherlands)
Title
Bathing Shepherdesses
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198939

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray wash, graphite, and black ink on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink, laid down on a mount
Dimensions
25 x 37.3 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 324 (Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker)
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 2344 (Johann Gottfried Schumann)
  • inscription: mount, verso, center, brown ink: No. 258. [crossed out with graphite]
  • inscription: mount, verso, center, graphite: Poelenburg
  • label: label, adhered to mount, verso, center, black ink: Fuesli. / pag.
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: Larg. 13 p. 9 l. haut. 9
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: Z 52
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower left, graphite: O / N7904--
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower left, graphite: Te
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper left, graphite: 32
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper left, graphite: Z 52
  • watermark: in mount: unidentified
  • inscription: Former mat, center, graphite: (Abrams)
  • inscription: Former mat, lower right, graphite: 33561.105 / TL33159.2 [numbers crossed out]
  • inscription: Former mat, lower left, graphite: no other mat
  • inscription: Former mat, lower left, typed label: 59. / DIRK VAN DER LISSE / Breda-The Hague, 1669 / Seven Girls by a Mountain Stream [underlined]
  • inscription: Former mat, lower left, printed label with red ink: DARTHMOUTH COLLEGE / Hanover . New Hampshire / No. 59
  • inscription: Former mat, verso, upper left, graphite: 15

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Johann Gottfried Schumann, Dresden (L. 2344, with his mark). Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker, Dresden (L. 324, with his mark). Private Collector, Montreal; [Jon Nicolas Streep, New York, 1962], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1963; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.158.

NOTE: Provenance information from George Abrams, by recall.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.158
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 59, p. xi, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Hanover, 03/27/1969 - 04/28/1969; Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 05/04/1969 - 06/04/1969; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 09/17/1969 - 10/12/1969; University of Connecticut Museum of Art, Storrs, 10/18/1969 - 11/16/1969

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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