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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.80
People
Willem de Heer, Dutch (Amsterdam c. 1638 - before 1681 Amsterdam)
Title
Portrait of a Man as a Shepherd
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Pastoral Portrait of a Young Man as a Shepherd Playing a Flute
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/183486

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment
Dimensions
36 x 27.3 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Brown ink, bottom center: W d Heer
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: W de Heer

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, Amsterdam, November 9, 1998, lot 114]. 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
1.2018.80
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • 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), pp. 222-223, cat. no. 98a, repr. p. 223

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

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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