1985.32: Porta San Sebastiano, Rome

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.32

People

Paul (Paulus) Bril, Flemish (Antwerp or Breda 1553/54 - 1626 Rome)

Title

Porta San Sebastiano, Rome

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th-17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294917

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 11.8 x 18.6 cm (4 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: upper center, brown ink: A
• inscription: verso, upper center, brown ink: T
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink, stamp: [Greek beta, not L. 324a]
• inscription: lower right, brown ink: P. Brill
• inscription: lower center, brown ink: C [twice]
• watermark: fragment of a circle with part of a letter
  
  Beta will not be made. Watermark too fragmentary.
• inscription: center, brown ink: B
• inscription: lower left, brown ink: D

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Curtis O. Baer, New York. George M. Baer, Atlanta, Georgia, gift; to Harvard University Art Museum, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. George M. Baer in honor of Agnes Mongan

Accession Year

1985

Object Number

1985.32

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/21/2023 - 10/23/2023

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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