Harvard Art Museums > 1965.217: Bust of a Boy Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bust of a Boy (Cornelis Visscher) , 1965.217,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/296438. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1965.217 People Cornelis Visscher, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1628/29 - 1658 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Bust of a Boy Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 17th century Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/296438 Physical Descriptions Medium Black chalk and brown opaque watercolor (?) on white prepared parchment Dimensions 13.7 x 11.3 cm (5 3/8 x 4 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks gallery label: in curatorial file, typeface and brown ink: [typeface] From FRED[abraded]CK K[abraded]PPEL & CO / Rare en[abraded]av[covered]ngs and Etchings, / No. 4 East 39th Street, New York. / No. H3157 [pen] Study of a Boy's Head / Original drawing by Cornelis Visscher / (1620-1670) / From the Colln of Baron von Lanna. / (Campbel Dodgson, of the British Museum was anxious / to secure this drawing, + was the underbidder) inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: 57 inscription: verso, lower center and lower left, graphite: [lower center] Lanna. / [lower left] Campbell Dodgson / wanted to buy this for / the British Museum. inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Corn: Vissher inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 571 inscription: verso, lower left, grahpite: 6823 inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: a64055 [not Colnaghi] inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: FWO- collector's mark: verso, lower center, black ink, stamp and graphite: L. 2773 [with accompanying graphite inscription] 571 (Adalbert von Lanna) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (L. 2773, with his mark), sold, [H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 6-11 May 1910, lot 571]. [Frederick Keppel & Co., New York]. Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091, without his mark), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs Accession Year 1965 Object Number 1965.217 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 539, pp. 282-3; vol. 2, repr. fig. 279 An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 79, p. 19 Jan Gerrit van Gelder, De Schoonheid van ons Land: Beeldende Kunsten, Prenten en Tekeningen, Uitgeverij Contact (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1958), cat. no. 121, p. 96, repr. fig. 121 Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 206 Exhibition History Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
