Harvard Art Museums > 2024.80: Landscape (near Ouderkerk?) with a Fisherman Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Landscape (near Ouderkerk?) with a Fisherman (Hendrick Barentsz. Avercamp) , 2024.80,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/183481. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text In Avercamp’s drawings, the Dutch landscape serves as backdrop for scenes bustling with human activity. From the barefoot peasant fishing in the shallow waters to the woman washing clothes on the riverbank, this watercolor presents a catalogue of seasonal activities taking place along Holland’s busy waterways. Although the artist carefully crafted this world inside his studio, his eye for such seemingly anecdotal details as the baby sitting in an empty washtub (on the left side of the composition) gives the impression that this is a snapshot of daily life in the Dutch Republic. Acclaimed for his talent as a colorist, Avercamp saturated the image with subtle reds, greens, and blues. His depiction of water, which effectively exploits the white paper reserve with only a few added touches of watercolor, is particularly striking. Identification and Creation Object Number 2024.80 People Hendrick Barentsz. Avercamp, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1585 - 1634 Kampen, Netherlands) Title Landscape (near Ouderkerk?) with a Fisherman Other Titles Alternate Title: River Landscape by Ouderkerk Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1620s Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/183481 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown and black ink Dimensions 19.3 x 29.2 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Signed bottom center, in brown ink : HA [in ligature] collector's mark: Verso, lower right, blue ink: M G A [in monogram] [Lugt 3306, mark of The Maida and George Abrams Collection] inscription: Verso, lower left, brown ink: Ouwerkerk/1622. inscription: Verso, lower left, in gray ink: Hendrick van Averkamp gebijnaamd de Stomme van Kampen f.1630. inscription: Verso, center left, black ink: 100013 inscription: Verso, lower right: [in red chalk]: 756 / [in graphite]: 778 watermark: center of sheet: eagle with Basel crozier inscription: verso, center right, graphite: 12 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Simon Fokke, Amsterdam; [sale, Amsterdam, December 6, 1785, lot 195]. Dirk Versteegh, Amsterdam, sold [through his sale, Amsterdam, November 3, 1823 (Kunstboek 3 F, no. 4)]; to De Vries. Eduard Cichorius, Dresden. Oskar Huldschinksky, Berlin, sold [through his estate sale, Paul Graupe, November 3, 1931, lot 3]. Private collection, United Kingdom; acquired by Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1999, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in appreciation of Martha Tedeschi and her outstanding service as Director of the Harvard Art Museums (2016-2024) Accession Year 2024 Object Number 2024.80 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Catalogue du cabinet de tableaux, dessins, estampes et recueils de graveures; delaissé par feu monsieur Dirk Versteegh..., auct. cat., De Vries, Cornelis Francois Roos, Albertus Brondgeest, and E. M. Engelberts (Amsterdam, November 3, 1823), p. 87, F 4, No. 17, lot 4 Die Zeichnungs - Sammlung Oskar Huldschinsky, Berlin: Handzeichnungen niederländischer Meister des 17. Jahrhunderts, exh. cat., Paul Graupe (Berlin, November 3, 1931), p. 4, lot 3 William W. Robinson, Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 8, repr. Austeja Mackelaite, [Review] Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape, Master Drawings (2022), Volume 60, Number 3, pp. 397-400, p. 399; repr. as fig. 3 on p. 399 Joanna Sheers Seidenstein and Susan Anderson, ed., Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2022), pp. 77-79, 102, 228, repr. p. 78 as fig. 3 Exhibition History Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, British Museum, London, 06/13/2002 - 09/22/2002; Institut Néerlandais, Paris, 10/10/2002 - 12/08/2002; Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/22/2003 - 07/06/2003 Mirror of Holland: Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Part 2, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 03/26/2011 - 07/31/2011 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 The Art of Drawing in the Early Dutch Golden Age, 1590–1630: Selected Works from the Abrams Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/09/2017 - 01/14/2018 Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 Subjects and Contexts Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings Related Articles Artworks in Honor of Director Martha Tedeschi’s Tenure Jennifer Aubin August 3, 2024 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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