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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
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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

Verification Level

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