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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.124
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
The Virgin as the Queen of Heaven Recommends a Chained Man to the Trinity
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295317

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, blue wash, white opaque watercolor, some oxidized in angels, over graphite, incised almost overall, on off-white antique laid paper, mounted down; two angels at lower right cut out, the rest of the drawing laid down, and piece readhered 7 mm lower with brown ink and blue wash fill
Dimensions
12.9 × 9 cm (5 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: Bernard Van Orley / 1490-1560 / coll Sir Th Lawrence
  • inscription: former mount, verso, center, graphite: R van Orley / b Brussels 1490 / d 1560
  • collector's mark: lower right, brown or black ink, stamp: [M, N, or AM intertwined]
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, green crayon: 202
  • inscription: former mount, verso, right center, graphite: D [underlined]
  • inscription: former mount, verso, center, graphite: 50 [underlined, erased]
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: 15836
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: drw
  • watermark: none visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unidentified Collector, (not in Lugt, with his mark). Thomas Lawrence, London (L. 2445, without his mark). Ian Woodner, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ian Woodner
Accession Year
1983
Object Number
1983.124
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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