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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.125
People
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, Dutch (Harlingen, Netherlands 1608/09 - 1651 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Angel Supporting an Empty Shield
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1640-1645
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199117

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: stray black ink marks
Dimensions
25.6 x 19.3 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, lower right, black ink : L. 108a (Alfred A. de Pass)
  • watermark: none
  • collector's mark: upper left, black ink, stamp: L. 2693 (Count Johannes von Ross)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Earl of Beauchamp. Comte Johann van Ross. Alfred A. de Pass, London, to Cornwall County Museum, Truro, England; to [Christie's, London, 30 November 1965, lot 169], sold; to private collector; to [Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 1989], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.125.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.125
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, ed. Walter Strauss, Abaris Books (New York, NY, 1979), vol. 1, no. 31x
  • Peter C. Sutton and William W. Robinson, Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Bruce Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2011), Addendum no. A3, p. 168, repr.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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