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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.161
People
Willem de Poorter, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1608 - after 1648 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
The Stoning of Saint Stephen
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191933

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor on two vertically joined sheets of off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
41 x 62.4 cm (16 1/8 x 24 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Cartouche below a crown

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, Amsterdam, 1 December 1986, part of lot 52], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (L. 3306, without their mark); The Maida and George Abrams Colleciton, 1999.161.

NOTE: The other drawing in the lot was "Josia Burning the Bones from the Sepulchres at Bethel", also attributed to de Poorter.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.161
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter C. Sutton and William W. Robinson, Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Bruce Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2011), cat. no. 25, pp. 12, 88-9, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 09/24/2011 - 01/08/2012; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 04/15/2012 - 07/08/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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