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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.10
People
Cornelis Bega, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1631/32 - 1664 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Portrait of the Artist's Grandmother Margriet Pouwelsdr.
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Huisvrouw van C.C. van Haarlem
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/178609

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, silhouetted and mounted to off-white antique laid paper prepared with green wash; framing lines in black chalk and graphite
Dimensions
10.2 x 8.2 cm (4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, brown ink: Korn=Bega f.
  • inscription: bottom edge of mounting sheet, brown ink: Huysvrou. v. Corn. Corn. v. Haerl[em]
  • watermark: center: P (?)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Aeltie Bega, sold [June 8, 1684 (Bredius, Kunstler-Inventare, vol. 7, p. 99)]. Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn, Haarlem, sold [through his sale, October 20, 1744, cat. p. 42, portfolio 12, nos 2142 and 2143]. F. Adama van Scheltema, Amsterdam, sold [June 11, 1912, no. 319]. Maida and George Abrams Collection, Boston

Notes
Provenance is from Franklin Robinson

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
1.2018.10
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 5, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Hanover, 03/27/1969 - 04/28/1969; Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 05/04/1969 - 06/04/1969; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 09/17/1969 - 10/12/1969; University of Connecticut Museum of Art, Storrs, 10/18/1969 - 11/16/1969

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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