1982.134: A Woman, a Child, an Old Man and a Fool

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1982.134

People

Jan Philipsz. van Bouckhorst, Dutch (Haarlem(?), Netherlands c. 1588 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

A Woman, a Child, an Old Man and a Fool

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th-17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295000

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and blue wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

14.6 x 9.9 cm (5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, brown ink, reinforced in black chalk: Goltius
• inscription: verso, upper center, brown ink: 12 stuyv
• inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: HG[in ligature]oltius. fec.
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 27
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: T1668 / bohs
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 3997 (unidentified collector)
• inscription: verso, lower center, brown ink: XII. stuyvers
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Unidentified Collector, (L. 3997,verso, lower left). Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams

Accession Year

1982

Object Number

1982.134

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 3997

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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