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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.66
People
Hubert Gerhard, Netherlandish (Amsterdam, Netherlands? 1540 - 1620 Munich, Germany)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Title
The Rape of Proserpine
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228996

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze with green patina
Dimensions
74.8 x 45.4 x 57.7 cm (29 7/16 x 17 7/8 x 22 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Brummer, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg at Brummer sale, 1949. Brummer's estate sale was held April 20-23, 1949, where this piece was no. 470.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Annie Swan Coburn Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.66
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Notable Art Collection Belonging to the estate of the late Joseph Brummer, auct. cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, NY, April 20 1940-April 23 1949), no. 470
  • Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 27, cat. no. 61 pp. 108-109, repr. as pl. LIII

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