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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.116
People
Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch (Haarlem 1610 - 1685 Haarlem)
Title
Standing Peasant, Left Arm in Sling
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184386

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, transparent watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink, mounted at four corners to beige antique laid paper
Dimensions
9 x 5 cm (3 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Black ink, lower right: Av. (in ligature) O.
  • inscription: mount, verso, center, graphite: B135
  • watermark: none visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Alfred Brod Gallery, London]. [Christie's, Amsterdam, November 15, 1983, lot 45a], sold; to 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
1.2018.116
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Bernhard Schnackenburg, Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle (Hamburg, Germany, 1981), I, no. 317, II, pl. 147

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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