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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.159
People
Attributed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Netherlandish (Aelst (now Aalst) 1502 - 1550 Brussels, Belgium)
Title
Scenes from the Legend of Daedalus
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299030

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
12.2 x 37.8 cm (4 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: 5)
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink: PV. al[o?]st
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: No. W71.
  • inscription: remnants of prior mount, verso, lower right, graphite: P. Cocke / v. A.
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: on slip of antique laid paper, adhered to mount, lower left, brown ink: Pieter Koek van Aalst, is geweest de Schoonvader van Pieter Breugel / (de Vader van Jan Breugel) heeft gefloreerd Ao 1540 a 1550, is geweest / Schilder van Keyser Karel de Vijffde, is gestorven Ao. 1550, zyne / Weduwe is hertroud met Gillis Koninxloo / Zie K: v: Mander Schilderboek pag: 140 a en b.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983; sold, to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Agnes Gund
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.159
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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