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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.167
People
Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch (Gorinchem 1607 - 1681 Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Boy Sitting on Footwarmer
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188774

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk, with a framing line in brown ink, on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash, laid down on a mount
Dimensions
18.8 x 13.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
mount: 19.5 x 14.4 cm (7 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left edge, black chalk: 1659 [? 9 is almost obliterated]
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: 13 [twice]
  • watermark: none visible
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: 188..2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly [Wiegersma, Utrecht, 1965], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.167.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.167
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 15, p. ix, repr.
  • Wolfgang Schulz, Cornelis Saftleven, 1607-1681: Leben und Werke, De Gruyter (Berlin, Germany and New York, NY, 1978), cat. no. 61, p. 86, repr. fig. 58

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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