1898.201: Men Fishing

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.201

People

Attributed to Friedrich Christian Klass, German (1752 - 1827)

Title

Men Fishing

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Moonlight View on a River

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th-19th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299600

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and touches of graphite on antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

16.9 x 21.5 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Klas
• inscription: fomer mount, graphite: from the Cabinet of Dr Lindner, Prof Univ. Leipsic cat 202 / C. Fr. Klass 90 / [illegible]
• inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 213 / 157. [crossed out]
• collector's mark: verso, lower center, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 213 (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lindner, Leipzig; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.
Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, MA, inherited from brother John Witt 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

1898.201

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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