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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.283
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Ballad Singer (copy after Breughel); verso: Busts of a Man and a Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298874

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash, and red-brown wash on cream antique laid paper; verso: black ink and gray wash
Dimensions
19 x 15.5 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, on stool, brown ink: Ad+Br
  • inscription: center, on paper, black ink: [illegible] ist / obs / [illegible] / ist
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: Eckert of Strasburg fec
  • inscription: verso, lower left, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 572. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: After Brauer? / From Eckerts col
  • inscription: former mat, graphite: Brouwer inv? / col Eckert of Strasburg
  • inscription: former mat, lower right, under drawing, graphite: 235.
  • inscription: former mat, lower right, graphite: 572.
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
(Eckert, Strasbourg?). John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, 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
1898.283
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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