1898.589: Hell
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1898.589
- People
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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
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- 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
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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
Verification Level
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