Group of Men in a Boat | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.125
People: Willem van de Velde II, Dutch (Leiden 1633 - 1707 Greenwich)
Title: Group of Men in a Boat
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295549

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk, some contours incised, on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 19 x 30.7 cm (7 1/2 x 12 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Lower left, brown ink: w.v.v.f.
inscription: verso, upper left, black chalk: 2 bre [?]
inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 478
watermark: IC [countermark]
inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: een... [illegible, erased]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: L'Art Ancien, Zurich, 1965, catalogue 50, no. 43. Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.125

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year: 1979
Object Number: 1979.125
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Handzeichnungen, auct. cat., L'Art Ancien (Zurich, Switzerland, n.d.), cat. no. 45, repr., n.p.

Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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1979.125: Group of Men in a Boat