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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.105
People
Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch (Antwerp, Netherlands 1565 - 1629 The Hague, Netherlands)
Title
Palm Tree in Rocky Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296218

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper
Dimensions
25 × 19.4 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: former mat, graphite: Abraham Bloemaert / Flemish School / XVII century / Av[in ligature] / blind / stamp / upper. l.
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: Albrecht Dürer. / auf seiner Italienreise
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite [erased]: N. 3 [?] / Harcules Bazzicaluva
  • inscription: upper right, brown ink: 22
  • inscription: verso, upper left: L. 2576 (Carl Wiesblöck)
  • blind stamp: upper left: L. 2602b (Winslow Ames)
  • inscription: former brown paper, black ballpoint ink, pen: Frederick Bloemaert? / (
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: A8177
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: No. 31
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: c/-/-
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: ...Bazzicaluva? - 164[1? or 8?] / ... [illegible]
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carl Wiesböck, Vienna (L. 2576, with his mark). Evelyn Reynold[s?], sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 19 February 1936, (as Flemish School, Study of Trees)], sold; to J. Winslow Ames, Springfield, MO (L. 2602b, with his mark). Austin A. Mitchell, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

NOTE: Colnaghi information provided by Steven Ongpin from Colnaghi stock books, 20 December 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin A. Mitchell
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.105
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • I. Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn: Three Generations, M. Nijhoff Publishers (The Hague, Boston and London, 1983), vol. 2, cat. no. II 982, p. 150, repr. vol. 3, p. 44, pl. 17

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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