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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2024.83
People
Cornelis Dusart, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1660 - 1704 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
In Liefde Vry: Rhetoricians with Merry Company in a Tavern, after Jan Steen
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/183781

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
35.9 x 46 cm (14 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, brown ink: 12 / 22 [L. 2984a-c, Valerius Röver]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, red ink: N2754. [L. 2987, Johan Goll van Franckenstein]
  • inscription: verso, center, brown ink: 1377 [underlined]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: L : N
  • inscription: upper right, brown ink: In / Liefde / Vry
  • inscription: upper center, brown ink: Retorykers Hidone / plaan hy heer / Hy minyoot / gehaane / saan. / Gepresen dat's triomph / Exielind als in Hollant. / JSteen
  • watermark: IHS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Valerius Röver, Delft (L. 2984a-c, verso, lower left), his estate inventory Portfolio. 12, no. 22. Johan Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (L. 2987, verso, lower left). Sold [through de Vries, Amsterdam, March 9, 1920, lot 501 (as after Steen)]; to S. Duits (?). Private collection ("Property of a lady") sold; through [Christie's, Amsterdam, November 12, 1990, lot 131]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 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 memory of the Hon. Charles Gordon, California Superior Court Judge and Mayor of Mountain View, California, Harvard College A.B. Class of 1954
Accession Year
2024
Object Number
2024.83
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dutch, Flemish and German Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, November 12, 1990), lot 131, repr.

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

Verification Level

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