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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.152
People
Aarnout Ter Himpel, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1634 - 1686 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Military Scene with Two Horsemen
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191992

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink, pinhole in the center, laid down on antique laid paper
Dimensions
diam.: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Lower left, grey ink: ATH (in ligature)
  • watermark: in mount: fragment of watermark on laid mount: crown with fleur de lys.

    Beta will not be made. Watermark is fragmentary and in mount.
  • collector's mark: mount, verso, lower left, black ink: L. 1450 (Jacob de Vos)
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower left, graphite: 240

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon, Amsterdam (L. 1450, verso, lower left), his sale; [C.F. Roos & C. F. Roos, Jr., Frederik Muller & Co, Van Pappelendam & Schouten et C. M. Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 22-24 May 1883, lot 240 (one of two)], sold; to Pieter Langerhuizen, Bussum, the Netherlands (L. 2095, without his mark), his sale; [Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 29 April 1919, lot 385 (one of two)]; to [Frederik Muller.] Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.152.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.152
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, ed., Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1972), cat.13, p. 50, repr. p. 66

Exhibition History

  • Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 10/31/1972 - 02/25/1973

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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