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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1968.21
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Arnold Houbraken, Dutch (1660 - 1719)
Title
Illustration for the Story of Sophonisba
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295716

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, graphite, gray wash, white opaque watercolor, and red chalk on light tan antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink.
Dimensions
15.9 × 22.3 cm (6 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: old mount, inside mat, graphite: [upper left] Ok W Bernt [lower right] Ok Prof Reznicek / N.Y. 9/5-67
  • inscription: former mount, lower right, graphite: I really doubt Houbraken! Rez. 16.2.70
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Emile E. Wolf, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1968.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Emile E. Wolf
Accession Year
1968
Object Number
1968.21
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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