2003.152: Merchants' Caravan

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.152

People

Pieter van der Borcht, Netherlandish (Mechelen 1545 - 1608 Antwerp)

Title

Merchants' Caravan

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1570

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312273

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white antique laid paper, incised, black ink framing line, blackened on the verso for transfer to copper plate

Dimensions

actual: 4.7 x 9.3 cm (1 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on cart, black ink: 1570
• inscription: on cart, black ink: A [surmounted by a cross]
• inscription: on cart, black ink: [shape of a trident]
• inscription: on cart, brown ink: ^ [indeterminate symbol] 1
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: v. d. / Borcht
• inscription: verso, graphite: [illegible]
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: ...orcht

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Jacob Theodor Cremer, New York; [Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, lot 31]. [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf]. [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981, 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 Ronay and Richard Menschel

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.152

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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