1898.283: Ballad Singer (copy after Breughel); verso: Busts of a Man and a Woman

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

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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