1999.168: Ruins in Utrecht by the Saint Jobsgasthuis
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1999.168
- People
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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
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- 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
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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
-
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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. 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
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