Herons; verso: Dogs | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1980.69
People: Jan Fyt, Flemish (1611 - 1661)
Title: Herons; verso: Dogs
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Flemish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/295553

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown wash, black chalk, and touches of white chalk on blue antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink; verso: brown wash and black and white chalk, framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

37.5 x 26.2 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper left, brown ink: JF
watermark: none
inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 393 [encircled] / 3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Private Collector, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1980.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Agnes Mongan
Accession Year: 1980
Object Number: 1980.69
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 35, p. 8

Exhibition History

An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954

Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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1980.69: Herons; verso: Dogs