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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.289
People
Nicolaes Berchem the Elder, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1620 - 1683 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Return from the Hunt
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1655
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361386

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
13.7 × 19.2 cm (5 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, graphite: [illegible text] / 1655 [underlined]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: 1158

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jonkheer Dr. J. A. Repelaer, The Hague. [The Brod Gallery, London, by 1967], sold; to Henry and June Weldon, New York, c. 1967. Bought in at [Sotheby's, London, July 8, 2015]. George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in memory of George P. Bates, Harvard Class of 1954, Harvard Business School Class of 1958
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.289
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Master & British Drawings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, July 8, 2015), p. 105, lot 98, repr.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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