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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.4
People
Hendrick Barentsz. Avercamp, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1585 - 1634 Kampen, Netherlands)
Title
Small Sketch of Four Figures: Two Men Skating; Two Women Bending at Work; verso: Profile portrait bust of a boy with a wide-brimmed hat facing left
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/76986

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and transparent watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite; verso: graphite on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
6.3 x 9.1 cm (2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, upper right, black ink (and on former mount): rooster [L. 2811b, mark of Carl Robert Rudolf]
  • inscription: frame, verso, lower right, graphite: AxR / C8
  • inscription: frame, verso, lower left, black permanent marker: ...-3
  • inscription: frame, verso, lower right, graphite: ... P. / ... Esq
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carl Robert Rudolf, London (L. 2811b). [Alfred Brod Gallery, London]. 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
1.2018.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, ed., Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1972), cat. 1, pp. 14 and 18; repr. on cover

Exhibition History

  • Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 10/31/1972 - 02/25/1973
  • Drawn to Daily Life: Dutch Genre Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 03/08/2014 - 09/06/2014

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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