1898.589: Hell

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.589

People

Jacob Isaacsz Swanenburgh, Dutch (1571 - 1638)

Title

Hell

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298543

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, gray wash and white opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, prepared with light brown wash.

Dimensions

52.0 x 60.0 cm (20 1/2 x 23 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: de Gheyn / 928 / 451[crossed out]
• watermark: coat of arms, variant of Briquet 1212 [Schweinfurt?, 1582, Wurtzburg]
• inscription: prior mount, curatorial file, graphite, German and English: Die Höllenstrafen in Höllen Breughel character [underlined] / This is the original drawing of James de Gheyn B 1565 / from the Lindner Cabinet at Leipzig. / no 928 in Dr. Frenzel's Catalogue. Q. V. / Feder und Bistre.
• inscription: upper left, graphite: Jacobus de Gheyn / inv et fecit

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Richard Lindner, Leipzig. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Accession Year

1898

Object Number

1898.589

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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