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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2022.20
People
Cornelis Claesz. van Wieringen, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1575/77 - 1633 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Previously attributed to Abraham de Verwer, Dutch (Haarlem 1585 - 1650 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Aert van der Neer, Dutch (Amsterdam 1603 - 1677 Amsterdam?)
Title
Harbor Scene
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361318

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, gray wash, black chalk on antique laid paper, mounted at all four corners
Dimensions
sight: 11.1 × 19.9 cm (4 3/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
framed: 33 × 41 cm (13 × 16 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink:
    VW [intertwined]
  • label: verso of frame, black media?: Aert van der Neer / Aus den Sammlung van der Dussen van Beestink (Rotterdam)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Van der Dusse van Beesting, Rotterdam. A. Koster, Leipzig, sold [through his sale, Boerner, Leipzig, sale 145, 1924, lot 330 as Aert van der Neer (according to Boerner nl 57)]. [C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, as by Abraham de Verwer], sold; 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
2022
Object Number
3.2022.20
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Handzeichnungen alter und neuerer Meister, auct. cat., C. G. Boerner (Leipzig) (Leipzig, November 13, 1924), p. 54, lot 330, as by Aert van der Neer
  • Neue Lagerliste, auct. cat., C. G. Boerner (Leipzig) (Dusseldorf, 1971), pp. 43-43, no. 46 as by Abraham de Verwer, repr. p. 43

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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