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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.30
People
Gerard Ter Borch, Dutch (Zwolle, The Netherlands 1617 - 1681 Deventer, The Netherlands)
Title
Two Heads Gazing Downwards
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77333

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on parchment
Dimensions
8.1 x 12.7 cm (3 3/16 x 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: frame, adhered to verso, upper center, printed black ink and black ink: [printed black ink] HOPKINS CENTER ART GALLERIES / DARTMOUTH COLLEGE . HANOVER, N.H. 03755 / Exhibition [black ink] 100 Master Drawings - / [printed black ink] No. [black ink] 22 [printed black ink] Date [black ink] 9-73 to 1-74
  • label: frame, adhered to verso, lower right, printed black ink, red typeface, and black typeface: [printed black ink] WADSWORTH ATHENEUM / HARTFORD, CONN. / No. [red typeface] T.L.58.1973 / [printed black ink] Artist [black typeface] Ter Borch, the Younger / [printed black ink] Title [black typeface] Two Heads / [printed black ink] Owner [typeface] Mr. George S. Abrams / [black typeface] 100 Master Drawings from New England / Private Collections / Sept. 5 - Oct. 14, 1973

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[London Christie's sale (?)]; to Alistair Matthews; to J. A. van Dongen; 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
2018
Object Number
1.2018.30
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, One Hundred Master Drawings from New England Private Collections, exh. cat. (Hanover, NH, 1973), cat. 22, pp. 58-9. repr.

Exhibition History

  • One Hundred Master Drawings from New England Private Collections, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, 09/05/1973 - 10/14/1973; Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Hanover, 10/26/1973 - 12/03/1973; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 12/14/1973 - 01/25/1974
  • Mirror of Holland: Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Part 1, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 11/20/2010 - 03/06/2011

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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