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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.166
People
Franchoys Ryckhals, Dutch (Middelburg 1609 - 1647 Middelburg)
Title
Farmhouse with Arbor
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188636

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
13.6 x 22.1 cm (5 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: One-headed eagle
  • collector's mark: lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 897 (Eugène Rodrigues)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, black ink, stamp: L. 2471 (Teodor de Wyzewa)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, black ink, stamp: L. 2602d (Vladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff)
  • inscription: lower right, black chalk: FR or JR [monogram, signed in later hand?]
  • inscription: verso, center right, graphite: no 66
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 319 (encircled)
  • inscription: verso lower left, graphite: 2 stuks cab [?]
  • inscription: verso lower right, graphite: Jacob Ruysdael (Signé)
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, erased: van Ruysdael van p... solomon [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Téodor de Wyzewa, Paris (L. 2471, verso, lower center). Prince Vladimir Nikolaevitch Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff, Paris (L. 2602d, verso, lower center); his sale [R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, March 27, 1925, lot 328]. Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (L. 897, lower left). W.R. Valentiner. [Hans Schaeffer, New York], sold, to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1965; The Maida and George Abrams Colleciton, 1999.166.

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
1999.166
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue d'une collection précieuse de dessins anciens formant la première partie de la collection du Prince W. Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff de St. Petersbourg, auct. cat., R. W. P. de Vries (Amsterdam, March 27, 1925), lot 328, pl. XVIII (as J. van Ruysdael)
  • Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 51, p. xi, repr. (as circle of Jacob van Ruisdael)

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

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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