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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.127
People
Copy after Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Mathijs van den Bergh, Dutch (Ypres c. 1615 - 1687 Alkmaar)
Title
Study after Rembrandt's Portrait of the Minister Eleazar Swalmius
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1650-1680
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191997

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 15.7 cm (5 11/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: right edge, graphite, partially erased: [illegible]
  • inscription: right edge, brown ink, partially erased: [illegible]
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Biesling [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J. Este, New York], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1962; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.127.

NOTE: Provenance information from George Abrams, by recall.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.127
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 12, repr. (as Matthijs van den Bergh)
  • The Draughtsman at Work. Drawing in the Golden Century of Dutch Art, checklist (unpublished, 1980), no. 18
  • Albert Blankert, Rembrandt: A Genius and His Impact, exh. cat., Waanders Uitgevers (Zwolle, The Netherlands, 1997), p. 149, note 17
  • Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors, auct. cat., Christie's, London (December 8, 2011), p. 36, under lot 272

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
  • The Draughtsman at Work. Drawing in the Golden Century of Dutch Art, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/04/1981

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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