Harvard Art Museums > 1979.91: Shells and Sea Plants Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Shells and Sea Plants (Henricus Franciscus Wiertz) , 1979.91,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/295534. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1979.91 People Henricus Franciscus Wiertz, Dutch (1784 - 1858) Title Shells and Sea Plants Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1811 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/295534 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor and graphite on off-white antique laid paper Dimensions 24.9 x 31.7 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower left, black ink: H. F. Wiertz Provenance Recorded Ownership History [H. Wallach, New York, NY], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955 (L. 2087a, without his mark); bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.91. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer Accession Year 1979 Object Number 1979.91 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 22, pp. 32-33, repr. p. 98 Ewa Lajer-Burcharth and Elizabeth M. Rudy, ed., Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2017), pp. 274-276, 288, repr. p. 275 as fig. 2 Anne Lafont, L'expérience des formes: autour de l'exposition 'Drawing: the Invention of a Modern Medium', Journal18 (May 2017), [e-journal], http://www.journal18.org/1749, accessed May 5, 2017, repr. Exhibition History Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/2017 - 05/07/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
