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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.214
People
Jan de Bisschop, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1628 - 1671 The Hague, Netherlands)
Title
Portrait of Bernardus Somer(?)
Other Titles
Former Title: Portrait of Bernardus Zomer
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188222

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown wash, white opaque watercolor, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
19.5 x 14.9 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite, Dutch: Bernardus Zoomer / Pred. te Amsterdam
  • inscription: verso, bottom center, graphite: N 2012
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 198 [crossed out]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 2926 (Rudolf Goldschmidt)
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: MVO

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Johannes de Bosch, sold; Amsterdam, 23 May 1785, lot 750. C. Faber, sold; [H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 12 November 1904]. Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (L. 2926, with his mark) sold; [F. A. C. Prestel, Frankurt am Main, lot 42, (L. 2730, without their mark)], to Carl Robert Rudolf, London (L. 2811b, without his mark), sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2009.214.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.214
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, Seventeenth Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, exh. cat., International Exhibitions Foundation (Washington, D.C, 1977), cat. no. 69, pp. xv and 71-2, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Seventeenth Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01/30/1977 - 03/13/1977; Denver Art Museum, Denver, 04/01/1977 - 05/15/1977; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 06/01/1977 - 07/15/1977

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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