2004.96: A Boar Hunt

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2004.96

People

Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)

Title

A Boar Hunt

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/194164

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and wash, black chalk and white opaque watercolor on brown prepared paper

Dimensions

25.5 x 44.9 cm (10 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: mount, verso, center, red chalk: iR 30x / iR 12x
• inscription: former mat, along base of recto, graphite, German: lower left: 25,5 : 44.9 cm; lower center: Zuschreibung bestätigt von Dr. J. P. Filedt Kok. Siche dessen Brief vom 7 Februar 1990.; lower right: Jan van der Straat, genannt Stradanus 1523 Brugge - 1605 Florenz Sanhatz. wohl Entwurf fur eine Tapisserie.
• watermark: none visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

European collector, sold; [Christie's, New York, Jan. 28, 1999, lot 90], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 1999], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Lisbet Rausing

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

2004.96

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Important Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, NY, January 28, 1999), cat. #90

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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