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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.7
People
Ludolf Backhuyzen, Dutch (Emden, Germany 1631 - 1708 Amsterdam)
Title
Landscape with Fishermen
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360562

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper, mounted overall; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
12.3 × 17.8 cm (4 13/16 × 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: recto, lower right, red ink: CED [encircled] [Lugt 533a, mark of Carl Emile Duits]
  • inscription: recto, lower left, brown ink: L. Bakhuysen
  • collector's mark: verso of mount, center, purple ink: AG [intertwined] [Lugt 123, mark of Adolf Glüenstein]
  • inscription: verso of mount, lower center, graphite: Adolf Glüenstein of Hamburg
  • watermark: lower center: IHS [?]
  • inscription: verso of mount, center, graphite: 5
  • inscription: verso, lower left, faint graphite: 310
  • inscription: verso of mount, center right, faint graphite (partially erased): 10£

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Adolf Glüenstein, Hamburg (Lugt 123) (died circa 1917). Carl Emile Duits, London (Lugt 533a). Sold [through Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, November 26, 1984, lot 87]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
1.2018.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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