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Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2019.43
People
Pieter Withoos, Dutch (Amersfoort 1654/55 - 1692 Amsterdam)
Title
Checkered Lily (Fritillaria meleagris)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1683
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191496

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
31.6 × 20.7 cm (12 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left, brown ink: PWithoos: fe.1683.
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 12
  • watermark: P[?]B

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Erica Johnson, sold; [through Sotheby's, London, March 15, 1966, part of lot 106], via [Robert M. Light]; 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
2019
Object Number
7.2019.43
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of Important Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, March 15, 1966), part of lot 106
  • Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 40, p. x, 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

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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