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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.420
People
E. Sterett, American (active 19th c. - )
After Nicolaes Berchem the Elder, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1620 - 1683 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Two Sheep, after Berchem
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305932

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on buff wove paper
Dimensions
14.8 x 19.6 cm (5 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
image: 10.3 x 14.9 cm (4 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, below image: E. Sterett
  • inscription: below image, black ink: Drawing with a pen after Berghem, by Lieutenant Sterett, given by him to [R. Gilmor?]
  • inscription: l.l. of backing mat, graphite: 377
  • inscription: l.l. of backing mat, graphite: [crossed off:] 403

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 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
1898.420
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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