7.2019.16: View of Delft

Identification and Creation

Object Number

7.2019.16

People

Aarnout Ter Himpel, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1634 - 1686 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Title

View of Delft

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/361342

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, and brown and gray ink on cream antique laid paper, mounted down entirely on antique laid paper

Dimensions

22.5 × 18.6 cm (8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso of mount, upper right, red crayon: W.A
• inscription: verso of mount, lower center, graphite: 189
• inscription: verso of mount, bottom, graphite: G15 Ter Himpel
• inscription: verso of mount, lower right, graphite: Gezigt te delft / aan de Wal
• clipping: verso of mount, printed fragment of old exhibition or sale catalogue: 57. --gestoffeerd gezigt aan de Wal te Delft; door / A. ter Himpel.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, circa 1977

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift

Accession Year

2019

Object Number

7.2019.16

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Vijf Eeuwen Schilderijen, Aquarellen en Tekeningen, auct. cat., Gebr. Douwes (Amsterdam, 1966), cat. no. 41

Exhibition History

• Vijf Eeuwen Schilderijen, Aquarellen en Tekeningen, Gebr. Douwes, 12/07/1966 - 12/27/1966

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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