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Two studies of hands next to a figure study of a man looking down at his hands holding his lapels.

Two studies of hands with in the background a fade red outline of a figure’s backside. To the right, a more detailed figure study of a man looking down at his fleshy hands holding his lapels. Red cross-hatching is used to indicate shadow and to create volume.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.221
People
Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch (Gorinchem, Netherlands 1566 - 1651 Utrecht, Netherlands)
Title
A Young Man Holding His Lapels and Two Studies of a Hand; verso: A Seated Woman with a Book and Four Studies of a Sword
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1595-1605
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370363

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red and white chalk on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
13.8 × 21 cm (5 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, upper right, brown ink: 50
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 54

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
André Giroux, sold [through his posthumous sale, Drouot, Paris, April 18, 1904, part of lot 175]. Robert Landolt, Chur. [Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg, spring 1988]. [Christie's, Paris, March 21, 2002, lot 96 (bought in)]. [Gallery Kekko, Riemst, 2004]. [Hill-Stone, New York], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2008, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.221
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue des estampes et des dessins anciens et modernes, auct. cat. (Paris, April 18-19, 1904)
  • Jaap Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1565-1651: The Drawings (Netherlands, 2007), vol. 1, pp. 354-55, cat. nos. 1109 (recto) and 1111 (verso), repr. vol. 2, pp. 4 and 383

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