2003.156: Two Studies of an Ostrich

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.156

People

Attributed to Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1568 - 1625 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Two Studies of an Ostrich

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312359

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Blue, green, pink and brown washes and brown ink on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

20.4 x 14.1 cm (8 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
mount: 25 x 18.3 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: center of body, brown ink: soyt [? or sbyl?]
• inscription: top of thigh: d'be[en?] d'le
• inscription: mount, verso, upper right, brown ink: J Bell
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Sp. 27. A [? or 5/o. 27. A]
• inscription: at left-hand head, brown ink: brungrau. ...
• inscription: at left neck, brown ink: licht grau ...
• inscription: upper right, brown ink: 9 voeten hooghe

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private Collector, St. Louis. [Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 20 January 1982, lot 53], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan to; Fogg Art Museum, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Virginia Deknatel

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.156

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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