1.2018.17: Standing Youth in Profile facing left; right foot on barrel; right hand extended

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1.2018.17

People

Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde, Dutch (Haarlem 1638 - 1698 Haarlem)

Title

Standing Youth in Profile facing left; right foot on barrel; right hand extended

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/77821

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk, partially incised, on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink; verso blackened with chalk for transfer

Dimensions

25.2 x 15.5 cm (9 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: none
• inscription: verso, upper left, brown ink: AB.p.ig
• inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: 4 H
• inscription: verso, bottom center, graphite: P.188-17+45
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 6 [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Henry M. Knight (1903-1970), sold [through Theo Laurentius and Sam Nijstad]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1972

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

1.2018.17

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 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

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