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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1915.16
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Copy after Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title
The Straw Hat, after Rubens
Other Titles
Former Title: Portrait of a Woman - "The Straw Hat" (after Rubens)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1887
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306039

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
39.1 x 27.8 cm (15 3/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: JLS [monogram] 1887
  • watermark: J. Whatman 1887
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: After Rubens / known as "The Straw Hat" / National Gallery, London
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: Gallery
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: [3 in white] - 1 in oak
  • inscription: verso, graphite, erased: 1 in oak / 3 in white mat
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 14 3/4 x 19 7/8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1915.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross, class of '75
Accession Year
1915
Object Number
1915.16
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a copy of a presumed portrait of Suzanne Fourment generally called "The Straw Hat," painted by Rubens ca. 1622, now in the National Gallery, London.

Verification Level

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