Harvard Art Museums > 1999.142: River Scene with Ships Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"River Scene with Ships (Jan van Goyen) , 1999.142,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/188635. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.142 People Jan van Goyen, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1596 - 1656 The Hague, Netherlands) Title River Scene with Ships Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1640s Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/188635 Location Location Level 2, Room 2300, European Art, 17th–19th century, Seventeenth–Century Dutch and Flemish Art View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Black chalk and later brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink Dimensions 9.5 x 15.5 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: fragment of an eagle with Basel crozier, double-headed Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Herbert Feist, New York], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1964; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.142. NOTE: Provenance information from George Abrams, by recall. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.142 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 48, p. xi, repr. Hans-Ulrich Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, Davaco Publishers (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1972 - 1987), vol. 1, cat. no. 657a, p. 215 Curtis O. Baer, ed., Seventeenth Century Dutch Landscape Drawings and Selected Prints from American Collections, exh. cat., Vassar College Art Gallery (Poughkeepsie, NY, 1976), cat. no. 22, pp. 14 and 41, repr. Exhibition History Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Hanover, 03/27/1969 - 04/28/1969; Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 05/04/1969 - 06/04/1969; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 09/17/1969 - 10/12/1969; University of Connecticut Museum of Art, Storrs, 10/18/1969 - 11/16/1969 Seventeenth Century Dutch Landscape Drawings and Selected Prints from American Collections, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, 03/28/1976 - 05/07/1976 Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2024 - 02/10/2025 Subjects and Contexts Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu