Ship at Sea | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1970.75
People: Wigerus Vitringa, Dutch (1655 - 1721)
Title: Ship at Sea
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1700
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296222

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, autograph framing line in graphite

Dimensions

actual: 11.2 x 14.8 cm (4 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: upper left, gray ink: W: Vitringa 1700
label: former mat, brown ink, print: [crest flanked by two mermaids, within:] The / H. Lieber / Company / Indianapolis
inscription: former mat, graphite: W: Vilringa 1700
inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 7
watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mrs. Arthur Mansfield (Ruth Steele) Brooks, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Alfred Mansfield Brooks
Accession Year: 1970
Object Number: 1970.75
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Annemarie Stefes, Niederländische Zeichnungen 1450-1850: Kupferstichkabinett der Hamburger Kunsthalle, ed. Andreas Stolzenburg and Hubertus Gaßner, Böhlau Verlag (Cologne, 2011), vol. 2, p. 582, under cat. nos. 1110 and 1111 (n. 2)

Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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1970.75: Ship at Sea