Harvard Art Museums > 1999.168: Ruins in Utrecht by the Saint Jobsgasthuis 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"Ruins in Utrecht by the Saint Jobsgasthuis (Herman Saftleven) , 1999.168,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/191991. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.168 People Herman Saftleven, Dutch (Rotterdam, Netherlands 1609 - 1685 Utrecht, Netherlands) Title Ruins in Utrecht by the Saint Jobsgasthuis Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1674 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/191991 Physical Descriptions Medium Black chalk, gray and brown and green and yellow transparent watercolor on cream antique laid paper, framing line on three sides in gray ink Dimensions 19.4 x 15 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Verso, upper edge, brown ink: Dit op dander sijde getekent van Herman Saftleven is ouer St. Jop @ 1674. inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: LW inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 30037 inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: H. Saftleven inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: MD 426 inscription: verso, upper edge, brown ink, pen, Dutch, in artist's hand: Dit op dander sijde getekent van Herman Saftleven is ouder St. Jop @ 1674. inscription: on former mount, in object file, graphite: 30037 [in same hand as on verso of object] watermark: none Provenance Recorded Ownership History Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1975; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.168. NOTE: Per Mr. Abrams, probably purchased from a dealer in the 1970's. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.168 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. 61, repr. W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven, 1609-1685: Leben und Werke: mit einem kritischen Katalog..., De Gruyter (Berlin, Germany and New York, NY, 1982), cat. no. 551, p. 276 Joanna Sheers Seidenstein and Susan Anderson, ed., Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2022), pp. 142-145, 232, repr. p. 144 as fig. 18 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 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/19/2016 - 11/08/2016 Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 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
