- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1.2018.14
- People
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Nicolaes Berchem the Elder, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1620 - 1683 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Title
- Three Studies of a Goat's Head
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184001
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Oil on beige antique laid paper, prepared with blue oil paint
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 31 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: N. Berchem
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: N10
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: A50
- inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: 2152
- collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink: B [Lugt 3355, mark of Jiles Boon]
- Provenance
- Jiles Boon (1916-2009) (Lugt 3355). Henry M. Knight (1903-1970), sold [through Theo Laurentius and Sam Nijstead]; to Maida and George S. Abrams, Boston, 1972
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
- Accession Year
- 2018
- Object Number
- 1.2018.14
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Subjects and Contexts
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Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings
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