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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.209
People
Willem Pietersz. Buytewech, Dutch (Rotterdam, Netherlands 1591/92 - 1624 Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Study of a Ship
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1617-1620
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192010

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown and (later?) gray wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
16 x 30.9 cm (6 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, right center, gray ink: No 12 / Dz. 26.5.37
  • inscription: verso, lower center, black chalk: 130 / Mediterranée
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 26
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C. F. Louis de Wild, New York. Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2009.209.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.209
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. 46, repr.
  • Willem Buytewech, exh. cat., Institut Néerlandais (Paris, 1974), pp. 82-83, cat. no. 109, pl. 148

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
  • Willem Buytewech, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, 01/24/1975 - 03/09/1975

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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